Astra Space

Flight record

These are launches under AS’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library. They don’t count missions or payloads. A spacecraft that flew on someone else’s rocket counts for the operator that flew it.

Operator or customer

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and the launch schedule filters by operator. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Some organisations are both. Below, AS is counted in whichever role the current schedule gives it.

No scheduled flight names AS with someone else flying it.

How we count it: a scheduled launch counts as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation is in the launch name, mission name or programme, and someone else is flying it. We don’t search mission descriptions, and we only see the schedule as far as it goes, which is 2039-12-31 00:00:00Z. So treat both counts as a minimum.

About AS

Astra Space is a launch vehicle company based in San Francisco, California, that develops pump-fed, liquid bipropellant propulsion engines for DARPA and NASA as well as their Astra Rocket launch vehicle.

Upcoming launches

• Astra Rocket 4 | Maiden Flight

  Astra Rocket 4 · Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

  Q1 2027

  TBDNET ±1 QUARTEROrbit: LEOVehicle file

The label on each flight says how exact its launch time is. If the date is only known to the month, you’ll see the month and no countdown. A weather go-probability only shows when Launch Library has one for that flight. EveryLaunch doesn’t work it out.

AS in the archive

From NASA's public image library and Wikimedia Commons. Each photo shows the credit its licence asks for and links back to where it came from.

Common questions

How many launches has Astra Space flown?

Astra Space has flown 7 launches under its own name. 2 succeeded and 5 failed. That counts launches it flew itself, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Astra Space's success rate?

28.6%. That's 2 successful flights out of 7 attempts.

When is Astra Space's next launch?

Astra Rocket 4 | Maiden Flight, set for Q1 2027 from Unknown Pad. Launch Library files only the first quarter, so the date is a placeholder. Launch times are no-earlier-than targets and can move.

Does Astra Space fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Astra Space has flown 7 launches under its own name. It's the operator on 1 scheduled flight. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count. A customer pays for the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule only lists operators, so a well-known agency can own a mission and still not show up there.

Where is Astra Space based?

United States of America. Launch Library lists it as a commercial operator, founded in 2005.