Alameda Company Wins $11.5M Government Contract

ALAMEDA, CA — Alameda-based Astra Space has been awarded an $11.5 million contract by the United States Space Force. The launch task order for Astra's Rocket 4 is part of the Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 contract.

According to Space Systems Command, Astra Space will be part of "a complex mission that will conduct scientific experiments and technology demonstrations with the goal of advancing DoD’s (the U.S. Department of Defense) space capabilities. Astra Space, Inc. will utilize its Rocket 4 to deliver the mission manifest to low earth orbit."

The mission, STP-S29B, should be ready to launch by April 2025.

"STP-S29B demands a higher level of mission assurance than previous Astra launches and therefore represents a significant increase in Astra’s coordination with the Space Force to perform a launch designed for mission success," said Dr. Thomas Williams, senior director of Federal Sales at Astra. "Astra’s ability to compete for this mission was based on the tremendous work that our team has done to design a repeatably reliable Rocket 4 and our previous experience successfully delivering multi-manifest missions to their desired orbits."

Astra Space currently has dozens of job openings in Alameda in engineering, operations, management, finance and supply chain.

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