Astra Space has gone 0-for-2 in its attempts for success from the Space Coast, with the latest supposed to be the first of three launches this summer for NASA to put several hurricane-tracking satellites into orbit.
The failure on Sunday saw Astra’s Rocket 3.3 lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in what seemed to be a good launch only the be thwarted by its second stage failing to put its payload of two satellites into the desired orbit, resulting in their destruction falling back to Earth.
NASA officials, though, say that all is not lost for the overall TROPICS project, which stands for Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats.
