Astra Space postponed, now until Monday, the first launch of one of its rockets from the base of Cape Canaveral (Florida), according to the Californian aerospace company.
The ELaNa 41 mission for NASA was going to take off on Saturday, but due to a technical problem it was postponed to Sunday and now to Monday, as reported on Twitter.
Details about tomorrow’s launch have not yet been released.
ELaNa 41 is Astra’s first mission to carry operational satellites, specifically four cubesats, included in NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) initiative.
Earlier release deferral
The Californian aerospace company Astra Space had postponed until this Sunday the first launch of one of its rockets from the base of Cape Canaveral (Florida) due to a technical problem, according to a directive.
The ELaNa 41 mission for NASA was going to take off today but will finally do so tomorrow, February 7.
Update: We are working with the range on the next launch opportunity for @NASA ’s ELaNa 41 mission, which is NET Mon., Feb. 7. Details to come.
– Astra (@Astra) February 6, 2022
The small satellites were developed by three different universities and NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and have different tasks, including testing technology that could make it easier to inspect satellites in space.
Astra has made four orbital launches to date, all of them test missions that took off from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska (USA).
The company managed to reach orbit on the most recent flight, which launched in November 2021.
Source: Swissinfo
