cfourcorvette

Wants to make life on Earth better from space | Engineer 🔜 | photographer | NAR L1 certified

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

Last week I had the unique opportunity to tour Astra’s factories. The tours were amazing but the part I loved the most was meeting and talking with the team at Astra. Wishing the team the best + I look forward to seeing test flight alpha + more spacecraft engines going to orbit.

[Astra @Astra]

Astra Ships 110 Satellite Engines, Focuses on 2026 Test Flight of New Rocket: https://t.co/raVK9yE570

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

After the recent news that @Astra’s Series B allocations has been finalized an official announcement can happen any day now. For me it always goes back to the amazing people at Astra, once the funding round is closed there is nothing stopping this incredible team. #adastra

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

Some major news regarding @Astra if it’s true! “The Series B allocations have been finalized, the lead investment secured” “The formal close has still not been announced. But the raise is no longer a pitch. It has a lead investor.” Rocket 4.0 is coming! https://t.co/cORiwyffX7

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

Things are getting very real very quickly av bay is now complete and the motor is ordered. I’ll be printing the av sled on Friday along with epoxying more parts together. I’m hoping to complete the first pop tests next Friday so stay tuned!

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

I’ve made some more progress now that I have the rest of the hardware I needed to continue building. Currently expecting pop tests to happen in 2 weeks.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@Orbital_Perigee There is only one solution for all those customers and it’s Rocket 4.0.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

A new interview with @Kemp was released a few days ago, and the notable updates include that Rocket 4.0 is approaching stage testing and that the launch license has been filed with the FAA. https://t.co/qHuhZHzwzh

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

Summiting the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River. ✅

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

The same thing happened with Astra and they paid the price with that choice (but it’s a lot better now) so I’m not confident in this going anywhere. There are also better options ast could have gone with but instead they are going to waste billions of dollars.

[Firefly Aerospace @FireflySpace]

$FLY 🤝 $ASTS

Two bold Texas companies, Firefly and @AST_SpaceMobile, signed a deal valued at more than $1.3 billion.

Firefly will deliver 36 rocket engines, offer engineering support, and provide a license to manufacture our Miranda and Vira engines for AST SpaceMobile's new heavy-lift rocket.

This is a tremendous win-win for both companies: AST SpaceMobile will be able to launch their own satellites, while Firefly will rapidly scale testing and production of our existing launch vehicle lineup.

https://t.co/T58GhYroF5

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

I’ve made some more progress now that I have the rest of the hardware I needed to continue building. Currently expecting pop tests to happen in 2 weeks.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

My L2 cert rocket Astra is starting to come together! A lot more progress will be made soon, but so far I’m making good progress to hopefully launch in early December. Pop tests coming soon.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@SciGuySpace Rocket 4.0 is apparently net January per Chris so it will be interesting to see which one actually launches first between Nova, Neutron, R4, and Terran R.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

Now that a lot of companies using ASE are starting to ramp up satellite production I wonder what the total number of thrusters made will be this year. My guess is somewhere around 140.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

My L2 cert rocket Astra is starting to come together! A lot more progress will be made soon, but so far I’m making good progress to hopefully launch in early December. Pop tests coming soon.

[Will Marshall @Will4Planet]

@Google's TPUs are working great in orbit! To confirm everything was working in space, it wrote a haiku -- a little different than our typical first lights. :) 🧠🛰️

Lots more testing to do, but this is a major milestone! Congrats to the @planet and @Google Suncatcher team!

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@SciGuySpace All they need to do is get Rocket 4.0 back to the pad and successfully into orbit. Their plan for scaling production exists and who knows what else they have planned in the future.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@SciGuySpace Yet no one is investing in companies that have already built up infrastructure to produce rockets at scale. Out of all the launch companies that exist there is only really one that has that infrastructure built and it’s Astra.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

There’s no mention of electric propulsion in the list of the parts that are built in house which is interesting. I wonder if tranche 3 will be the first satellites that use Gauss.

[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

Members of @SemperCitiusSDA's Tranche 2 leadership team were recently at Rocket Lab's California headquarters to see T2TL-Beta in production.

Eight of 18 spacecraft are on the floor right now, in build.

Solar panels, structures, star trackers, reaction wheels, radios, flight software, avionics, launch dispenser — all built in-house.

Proliferated architectures demand production at scale. Rocket Lab is all in on SDA's mission, and the action on our floor proves it. We're proud to be delivering this.

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@TopherHaddad Now that Falcon 9 is winding down launch operations what is Albedo’s plan to get satellites into orbit? There are only a handful of rockets that can do dedicated launches and only 2–4 rockets that might do ride shares in the future. Looking forward to seeing vicinity launch soon!

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

@Kemp is speaking at the @EconomistEvents 4th annual space economy summit on the 28th. It will be interesting to see if he gives any timeline for the first Rocket 4.0 launch or talks about ASE.
https://t.co/yM2C4IYq1Y

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

ASE is finally going to the moon as soon as next year!

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Space Force shifts missile-warning, cislunar missions from Vulcan to SpaceX https://t.co/G0cc3m9pik

[cfourcorvette @CadeArmy]

As October comes to an end so does @Astra’s 10 year anniversary. I’ve been following them for about 5 years now and what this team has done in that amount of time is incredible. The next 10 years are going to be amazing to see and I hope to be a part of it. To the team, SEND IT!