The commercial missile “Astra” fails to launch and falls to earth
Space carrier startup Astra Space si Alameda gave the world a fireworks display from a remote part of Alaska last Saturday night when the company's 12-meter-tall prototype rocket failed to reach orbit during its first. test launch.
The launch, which took place at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska, began at 19:19 local time. The orbital attempt proved a failure, as the rocket returned to the ground after its engines were deactivated remotely by a security intervention by the control team, which was losing control of the missile. In the next two videos you can sell the launch and its failure.
Volume up! Rocket 3.1's orbital launch attempt pic.twitter.com/nm1bDewdl5
– Astra (@Astra) September 12, 2020
already at the end of the first video you could see that something was wrong, m In the second video you can see the accident more clearly. At one point the engines are silent, showing that something is wrong …
The footage of the engine shutdown and crash of the @Astra Rocket 3.1 zoomed in shows that the rocket started tumbling as soon as the engines shutdown and stopped stabilization of the rocket.
Here's another angle https://t.co/VKQpOak6KjCredit: @CultonJennifer pic.twitter.com/VH78hdLl7j
– Pranav Gayatri (@PranavGayatri) September 12, 2020
Failure is the road to success and Elon Musk's first missiles proved unreliable, but now the study makes Space X the supplier of NASA for the space station. Astra wants to enter the international carrier market with a sort of Low Cost level, because it wants to create a reusable missile that has a cost per launch of one million dollars, a much lower value than its direct competitors.
It will get better next time.
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