NASA's $11K TROPICS CubeSats were supposed to monitor monitor tropical storms and hurricanes.
, Astra successfully placed the upper stage of the LV0007 vehicle, which was carrying a payload for the United States Space Force, into orbit from Kodiak, following a series of unsuccessful orbital test flights.marked Astra's first from Cape Canaveral's SLC-46However, the ELaNa-41 mission failed to deploy multiple CubeSats into orbit due to a fairing separation failure
Transported by truck from Astra's headquarters and plant in Alameda, California, the LV0010 vehicle arrived at Cape Canaveral in May. In preparation for launch, a static fire test was conducted at SLC-46 on June 1 to test all five Delphin engines on the first stage and all ground support systems.At T0, the Delphin engines re-ignited to propel the vehicle off the pad. Six seconds later, the rocket began tilting downrange to attain the necessary horizontal velocity for orbital insertion.
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