Неизвестная ПН (Operation P126) – Astra Rocket 3.0 – Kodiak (PSCA), LPB – 23.03 - 27.03.2020, 19:30-23:00 UTC

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Уведомление о пуске

NOTMAR (local) - lnm17102020.pdf, стр 3, 25..28

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Выпущенные ранее уведомления воздухоплавателям (NOTAMs):
- FDC 0/5007 (A0193/20) от 10.03.2020 - общее на 23-27 марта с.г.;
- FDC 0/6095 (A0199/20) от 11.03.2020 - частное на 23 марта с.г.
отменены.

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На текущий момент действуют уведомления воздухоплавателям

NOTAMs

На 24 марта с.г.

PAZA

FDC 0/6116 (A0200/20) - AK..AIRSPACE KODIAK, AK..TEMPORARY FLIGHT
RESTRICTIONS PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.143
TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT WI AREA DEFINED AS
571207.93N/1520417.42W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK153035.5) TO
571001.53N/1522347.30W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK169036.6) TO
570559.38N/1523142.20W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK175041.1) TO
565836.34N/1524017.62W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK179049.2) TO
565510.28N/1525520.46W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK186054.8) TO
564852.73N/1530739.29W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK190063.2) TO
573153.00N/1524218.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK205018.8) TO
573451.00N/1523647.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK203014.6) TO
573836.00N/1522521.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK185008.4) TO
573555.00N/1520604.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK130013.1) TO
572931.00N/1515852.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK132020.6) TO
571836.00N/1515217.00W (KODIAK VOR/DME ODK138031.8) BACK TO
POINT OF ORIGIN.
SFC-FL600 DUE TO ROCKET LAUNCH ACTIVITY.
ANCHORAGE /ZAN/ ARTCC TELEPHONE 907-269-1103 IS THE FAA
CDN FACILITY. 24 MAR 19:30 2020 UNTIL 24 MAR 23:00 2020.
CREATED: 11 MAR 20:49 2020

03/143 (A0217/20) - AIRSPACE DCC DARPA LAUNCH P126 STNR ALT RESERVATION
WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 5732N15242W TO 5735N15237W TO 5739N15225W TO
5736N15206W TO 5730N15159W TO 5719N15152W TO 4156N15708W TO
4221N15855W TO 5732N15242W TO POINT OF ORIGIN.
SFC-UNL. 24 MAR 19:30 2020 UNTIL 24 MAR 23:00 2020.
CREATED: 21 MAR 09:59 2020

На 25 марта - FDC 0/6117 (A0201/20) и 03/146 (A0220/20), - аналоги уведомлений на 24.03.2020.
На 26 марта - 03/148 (A0222/20), - аналог уведомления на 24.03.2020

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https://spacenews.com/rocket-lab-launch-preparations-continue-despite-coronavirus-travel-restrictions/

Rocket Lab launch preparations continue despite coronavirus travel restrictions
by Jeff Foust — March 20, 2020

WASHINGTON — ...
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The status of another potential launch of a small launch vehicle remains uncertain. Astra requested airspace restrictions and ocean hazard zones for a launch between March 23 and March 27 fr om the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska on Kodiak Island. A launch window is open each day from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Eastern.

"Since the second launch campaign of the DARPA Launch Challenge did not materialize, Astra has requested to conduct the same flight without DARPA sponsorship within the requested March window," a memo from the Alaska Aerospace Corporation, which operates the launch site, states. That memo is included in a U.S. Coast Guard "Local Notice to Mariners" report published March 18.

The Federal Aviation Administration has published a Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, for launch activities from that site for March 24 and 25. An earlier NOTAM for a March 23 launch was no longer active as of March 19.

Astra has not commented on its launch plans publicly, and the company did not respond to requests for comment March 19. The company has made no public announcements since its last launch attempt at the end of the DARPA Launch Challenge was scrubbed March 2 because of what the company called "off-nominal" data from the vehicle detected less than a minute before scheduled liftoff.

At the time of that scrub, Astra projected trying again later in the month. "That is probably not a day or two. It's more like a week or two," Chris Kemp, chief executive of Astra, said in a post-scrub media teleconference of the timeframe of the next launch. "It's certainly not a month or two." That would also allow the company to replace the DARPA-supplied payload with one from an unidentified customer.

Astra's plans may be complicated by travel restrictions in California. The company's headquarters, which includes a launch control center, is in Alameda, California, a city located in one of the six San Francisco Bay Area counties that instituted "shelter in place" restrictions March 17 to lim it the spread of COVID-19. That allowed only "essential" businesses to continue operations.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an order March 19 extending those restrictions statewide, effective immediately. That order does allow work to continue at companies considered part of "federal critical infrastructure sectors." One of those sectors, "critical manufacturing," includes aerospace products and parts manufacturing.

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 Jeff Foust‏ @jeff_foust 40 мин. назад

Astra has postponed a launch from Alaska scheduled for as soon as Tuesday because of technical issues with the rocket. No new date set yet.

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https://kmxt.org/2020/03/anomaly-at-pacific-spaceport-complex-launch-rehearsal-no-injuries-as-a-result/

BREAKING: "Anomaly" at Pacific Spaceport Complex launch rehearsal, no injuries as a result
Posted by: Kavitha George | March 23, 2020 | in News, Newsflash

The Pacific Spaceport Complex reported an "anomaly" on a launch pad during a rocket launch dress rehearsal on Monday. The anomaly did not result in any injuries, according to Alaska Aerospace CEO Mark Lester.

Reached shortly after the incident, Lester said "I can confirm we had an anomaly on the launch pad. We are executing our emergency checklist. We request everyone stay clear of the area to allow our crew to address the situation."

No details have been released yet as far as what caused the anomaly or how it may affect the upcoming launch.

At 5 p.m. Lester said the emergency response had concluded. "The area is still hazardous and should be avoided. There will be personnel on site overnight to monitor," he said.

California-based rocket startup Astra had scheduled its rocket "One of Three" to launch from the Narrow Cape spaceport as early as Tuesday of this week. Astra has not yet responded to a request for comment.

This is a developing story. KMXT will have more details as they become available.

This story has been updated.

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https://spacenews.com/astra-rocket-damaged-in-pre-launch-tests/

Astra rocket damaged in pre-launch tests
by Jeff Foust — March 24, 2020


Astra's Rocket 3.0 undergoing prelaunch checks during an earlier launch attempt at Pacific Spaceport Complex - Alaska. Credit: John Kraus/Astra

WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle startup Astra has postponed its next launch attempt after the rocket was damaged in what local officials say was an "anomaly" during a prelaunch test.

Astra had been preparing for a launch of its "Rocket 3.0" vehicle as soon as March 24 from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska. A previous launch attempt March 2, part of the now-completed DARPA Launch Challenge, was scrubbed less than a minute before liftoff after sensors reported anomalous data.

However, notices to airmen, or NOTAMs, posted by the Federal Aviation Administration restricting airspace around and downrange from the launch site for launch attempts March 24 and 25 were taken down late March 23.

In an email late March 23, Chris Kemp, chief executive of Astra, said the rocket had been damaged in prelaunch testing earlier in the day. "We'll be rescheduling launch," he said, but had not selected a new launch date. He did not elaborate on the damage the rocket sustained.

Local radio station KMXT reported March 23 that there had been an "anomaly" at the launch site on Kodiak Island that prompted an emergency response. There were no injuries reported, but the area was cordoned off.

"The area is still hazardous and should be avoided. There will be personnel on site overnight to monitor," Mark Lester, chief executive of Alaska Aerospace, which operates the spaceport, told KMXT after the emergency response concluded.

Astra has publicly not disclosed details about the prelaunch anomaly or even that it was planning another launch. The company has gone quiet since it scrubbed its last launch attempt March 2 at the end of the DARPA Launch Challenge. Kemp said at a post-scrub media teleconference that he expected it would be "a week or two" before the company would be ready to make another launch attempt.

The company called this particular vehicle "1 of 3" as it was the first of three similar vehicles in production. In an interview in February, Kemp said the second vehicle was 90% complete and the third 40% complete. "It's not our expectation that our first launch will succeed, but it is our expectation that a campaign will succeed if we launch, learn and iterate," Kemp said in that earlier interview.

Travel restrictions linked to the coronavirus pandemic could delay any future launch attempts, particularly if those attempts require Astra to bring new personnel to the launch site. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced March 23 that all people arriving in the state, be they from other parts of the United States or from other nations, must self-quarantine for 14 days after arrival.

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https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/03/24/astra-suffers-anomaly-during-pre-launch-test-in-alaska/

Astra suffers "anomaly" during pre-launch test in Alaska
March 24, 2020 | Stephen Clark


File photo of Astra's first orbital-class small satellite launcher during pre-flight testing last month at the Pacific Spaceport Complex at Kodiak Island, Alaska. Credit: DARPA

A small satellite launcher built by Astra "experienced an anomaly" Monday on a launch pad at Kodiak Island, Alaska, forcing the cancellation of a planned orbital launch attempt this week, according to the company's co-founder and CEO.

The incident at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island occurred during a pre-launch countdown dress rehearsal, and was first reported by KMXT, a local public radio station.

"I can confirm that the vehicle experienced an anomaly after an otherwise very successful day of testing in preparation for the launch," said Chris Kemp, Astra's co-founder and CEO, in an emailed statement late Monday.

Officials from Astra and the Pacific Spaceport Complex, which is run by the Alaska Aerospace Corp., said no one was injured during the mishap. Astra's rocket was damaged, although the extent of the damage was unclear.

"Fortunately, our hardware was the only thing harmed, and the team is already working hard to understand the root cause so we can improve the design," Kemp said.

Astra was planning a launch attempt was soon as Tuesday to place a small payload into low Earth orbit. Astra's first orbital launcher, named Rocket 3 or Rocket 3.0, is designed to carry up to 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of payload into a sun-synchronous polar orbit.

Those plans were canceled after Monday's anomaly, Kemp said.

"Unfortunately, we will not be attempting a launch this week," he said. "We intend to wait until conditions with coronavirus improve before making another attempt."

"I can confirm we had an anomaly on the launch pad," said Mark Lester, CEO of Alaska Aerospace Corp., an agency of the state of Alaska. "We are executing our emergency checklist. We request everyone stay clear of the area to allow our crew to address the situation," he told KMXT.

Astra's rocket was originally supposed to launch in February as part of a prize competition managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, a U.S. military research and development office.

DARPA's Launch Challenge offered up to $12 million prize money to a company that demonstrated its ability to launch a small payload to low Earth orbit on short notice, then perform the same feat from a different launch pad less than a month later.

The deadline for the first of two Astra missions under DARPA's Launch Challenge was March 2. After several weather delays and other schedule slips in previous days, Astra scrubbed a launch attempt March 2 due to suspect data detected from the rocket's guidance, navigation and control system.

Three CubeSats for the U.S. Department of Defense and the University of South Florida, along with a space-based beacon designed to aid in space traffic management, were slated to ride Astra's rocket into orbit through DARPA's Launch Challenge.

On March 2, DARPA and Astra officials said the Prometheus CubeSat, the University of South Florida's two Articulated Reconnaissance and Communications Expedition, or ARCE, nano satellites, and the space-based radio beacon payload were to be removed from the rocket after the end of the Launch Challenge.

Jared Adams, a DARPA spokesperson, said those payloads were safely removed from the rocket before Monday's anomaly.

Kemp confirmed no payloads were on-board Astra's rocket at the time of the incident Monday.

Astra says its rockets can launch with a small crew, requiring just days to set up a portable launch pad. The rocket itself, which measures 38 feet (11.6 meters) long, can fit into a standard shipping container and be towed by truck.

The rocket is powered by five kerosene-fueled on its first stage, and a single kerosene-fed engine on its second stage.

Astra designated the rocket "1 of 3."

"This was our first test launch of Rocket 3, and we called it 1 of 3 because we believed that it would probably take three launches before we could successfully deliver a satellite into Earth orbit, so we knew that this was a long shot going into it, but understood how strategically important responsive launch was to the government," Kemp said in a March 2 teleconference with reporters.

Headquartered in Alameda, California, Astra was established in 2016 and operated in stealth mode until early February, when Bloomberg published an exclusive story about the company's progress and plans.

Astra is one of many companies vying for a place in the commercial small satellite launch market. It's just the second company of the group to get an orbital-class rocket to a launch pad, following Rocket Lab's debut in 2018.

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alde-heidi‏ @PinePolymer 14 мин. назад

It looks like the March 23 anomaly of the Astra rocket at Kodiak Launch Complex was pretty large, there's a bunch of scarring around the pad that wasn't there before 1:40 PM March 23 Alaska time.  Sentinel-2 L1C false color.  @DJSnM @SciGuySpace

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R.I.P.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/05/rocket-startup-astra-trims-staff-to-survive-pandemic-until-next-year.html

Rocket startup Astra trims staff to survive pandemic until next year
PUBLISHED SUN, APR 5 202010:24 AM EDT

Michael Sheetz@THESHEETZTWEETZ

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Setback in Alaska

The company was preparing for its third orbital launch attempt late last month, with Astra getting its Rocket 3.0 ready on a launchpad in Kodiak, Alaska. But there was an anomaly during a prelaunch test, local officials said. While no one was hurt, a person familiar told CNBC that a fire consumed Astra's rocket – a total loss.
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An Astra rocket on the launchpad in Kodiak, Alaska.
Astra | John Kraus

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https://ria.ru/20200408/1569725652.html

Запуск навигационного спутника в США отложили на два месяца
МОСКВА, 8 апр - РИА Новости. Запуск третьего навигационного спутника нового поколения GPS III перенесен с конца апреля на конец июня из-за пандемии коронавируса, сообщили Космические силы США.

Спойлер

Спутник GPS III-3 планировалось запустить 29 апреля ракетой-носителем Falcon 9 с космодрома на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида.
"Центр космических и ракетных систем Космических сил США решил изменить план запуска спутника GPS III-3 с мыса Канаверал, чтобы минимизировать потенциальное воздействие COVID-19 на стартовую команду и операторов, управляющих аппаратом после выхода на орбиту", - говорится в сообщении центра.
Отмечается, что старт, планировавшийся на конец апреля, теперь намечается на время не ранее 30 июня. При этом планы осуществить запуск трех аппаратов GPS III в 2020 году остаются неизменными, говорится в сообщении центра.
В настоящее время орбитальная группировка системы GPS состоит из 31 спутника, в том числе два аппарата нового поколения GPS III.
Это не первый случай переноса космических пусков из-за коронавируса. Так, в середине марта компания Arianespace объявила, что подготовка к пускам ракет на космодроме Куру во Французской Гвиане, в том числе российских "Союзов-СТ", приостановлена из-за распространения коронавируса. Также из-за пандемии не состоялся планировавшийся на середину марта пуск индийской ракеты GSLV со спутником GISAT-1 из космического центра Сатиша Дхавана на острове Шрихарикота.
Кроме того, британская компания OneWeb сообщила, что ближайшие запуски ее спутников российскими ракетами "Союз" будут отложены из-за коронавируса. Компания SpaceX перенесла на неопределенный срок планировавшийся в конце марта с космодрома на мысе Канаверал пуск ракеты Falcon 9 с аргентинским спутником SAOCOM 1B из-за пандемии.

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Также компания Rocket Lab отложила намечавшийся в конце марта старт ракеты Electron с группой спутников с космодрома в Новой Зеландии из-за коронавируса.