NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Failure

STP-27AD1

Launch Time
Sat Aug 28, 2021 22:35 UTC

LV0006. First launch of Rocket 3 with a customer payload. First Rocket 3 with stretched propellant tanks.

One of the five Delphin engines on the first stage failed <1 second after liftoff after fuel pump electrical connection was damaged by unexpected external combustion from fuel & oxidizer leakage. This caused the vehicle to veer sharply before guidance was able to correct the error. The rocket was able to continue for about two and a half minutes before the flight was terminated.

Rocket

Rocket 3
Astra
Status: Retired
Price: $2.5 million
Liftoff Thrust: 133 kN
Payload to LEO: 204 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 11.6 m

Mission Details

STP-27AD1

Test payload for the United States Space Force Space Test Program (STP). The payload is not made to separate from the second stage of the rocket.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LP-3B, Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Stats

2021

82nd orbital launch attempt

Rocket 3

3rd mission
1st mission of 2021
3rd failed mission