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According to the expert website Spaceflight Now, an attempt by a new private American rocket producer, @Astra, to launch the first light-class launch-vehicle, Rocket 3.1, into orbit, ended in a failure.
According to the expert website Spaceflight Now, an attempt by a new private American rocket producer, @Astra, to launch the first light-class launch-vehicle, Rocket 3.1, into orbit, ended in a failure.
Astra tweeted that the test launch was performed at 06:19PM Moscow time from the Pacific space complex on Kodiak Island, located off Alaska's southern coast. 
How ever just a few minuts later a message appeared that the flight had ceased shortly after takeoff. Startup #Astra has confirmed that the flight stopped during the operation of the first stage of the Rocket 3.1 launch vehicle. @no_itsmyturn
