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Astra stock tumbled after company's weekend rocket launch failure

Tiger Newspress2021-08-30

Astra Space Inc. shares slumped after a weekend launch failed to carry a test payload into orbit, the latest setback for the maker of small rockets used to send satellites into space.

The company’s 45-foot tall rocket took off unsteadily Saturday from a pad at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska, flew for more than 2 minutes and then suffered what Astra described as “technical difficulties.”

Astra shares tumbled as much as 20% in early trading Monday after jumping 21% last week. The Alameda, California-based company, which recently went public via a special purpose acquisition company run by telecommunications billionaire Craig McCaw, said it had gathered valuable data from the flight and has more rockets ready to test again soon.

The machine was carrying a test payload for the U.S. Space Force. Astra had its most successful launch in December, when its rocket reached space and then just missed reaching orbit.

Astra competes with industry leader Rocket Lab USA Inc., which has completed almost two dozen flights dating back to 2017 and is now busy working on a larger vehicle. Virgin Orbit, a private Richard Branson venture separate from Virgin Galactic, completed its first commercial mission in June.

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