Chris Kemp

Astra just delivered our first customer payloads into Earth orbit! I am so proud of the unwavering commitment of our incredible team. Thank you to our customers, shareholders, partners, and to @FAANews for helping us achieve this important milestone. #AdAstra @SpaceflightInc

@FutureJurvetson Congratulations, Steve!

WE ARE GO FLIGHT 🚀 $SPCX

@MarekCyzio @Astra SaxaVord

@Kemp @Astra Where and when are you planning to launch it from?

Nearly a decade ago, Adam and I started Astra with a simple idea: launch shouldn’t be limited to a handful of places on Earth. Today, our next-generation rocket is sitting in the English countryside after crossing the Atlantic in standard shipping containers. The future of launch is everywhere.

@CatboyRocketry That’s the plan!

@Kemp I want to believe but you best get some launches done here in the US first proving things out

@DJSnM Europe is substantially increasing its space and defense budgets and has demand for hundreds of launches. At the same time, last year there was only 1 launch attempt out of continental Europe.

@Kemp @planetsidemarco I wish you could park it outside my place in London, but the parking ticket folks are vicious here

@planetsidemarco First launches of US, but Europe needs sovereign access to space.

@Kemp What’s it doing in the UK? No more US launches?

@Bearonomist @Astra End of year

@Astra When can we expect a launch? 👀

Astra’s next-generation rocket just crossed the Atlantic. Rocket 4.0 arrived in the UK the same way it’s designed to launch: in standard shipping containers. Mobile. Containerized. Orbital. The future of launch is everywhere.

@JeffBezos @interstellargw Respect to you and the Blue Origin team, @JeffBezos - onward.

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

@blueorigin Having watched one of our own rockets explode on the pad, I know how difficult a day this is for the team. Glad everyone is safe. The hardest lessons in rocketry are rarely learned from successes. Wishing the Blue Origin team a quick recovery and clear path back to the pad.

We experienced an anomaly during today's hotfire test. All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.

@NASASpaceflight @StephenClark1 Days like this are a reminder that access to space remains one of the hardest engineering challenges humanity has ever undertaken. Hope everyone is safe, learns and returns to the pad soon. Respect to everyone building rockets.

Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4. nsf.live/spacecoast

@spongerob72 @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Cape Canaveral

@Kemp @Peter_J_Beck @Astra @kemp where will rocket 4 be launching from?

We welcome the competition, @Peter_J_Beck. 100+ engines delivered last year, 100% on-orbit reliability — @Astra is leading in propulsion. Next up: returning to the pad. Rocket 4 is coming…

@planet4589 Hopefully things will be fine when we get the final numbers. Fingers crossed!

Unfortunately there's not enough data on Blue's webcast to derive a SECO-1 orbit, but it may have been fine - the velocity on the screen is in the rotating Earth frame and seems reasonable, for those worried it was too low.

@planet4589 @blueorigin @AST_SpaceMobile Agreed. unfortunately. It at 154×494 km @ 36.1°. Stowed, drag accel ≈ EP thrust accel — closer race than it looks. But the orbit has days and EP needs weeks to raise perigee meaningfully. Difficult to escape a 154 km hole. Watching for @planet4589’s next TLE.

The @BlueOrigin @AST_SpaceMobile launch has been tracked by Space Force as catalog 68765, 2026-85A, in a 154 x 494 km x 36.1 deg orbit. Epoch is 1138 UTC which is the time of SECO-1, so this may not be the final orbit. (If it is, then they are indeed toast).

@scotto2050 @mottbox_ @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Yes

@Kemp @mottbox_ @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Is Rocket 4 still on track for a 2026 launch? Looking forward to seeing Astra back in the ring 👀 🚀 @Kemp

@innovatesAI @Peter_J_Beck @Astra 100% reliability over 5 past years is a fact. 110 units delivered last year is a fact. 200+ units/year is marketing.

@Kemp @Peter_J_Beck @Astra 100% reliability? Bold claim from a team famous for crater-hopping. I will take 200+ units/year with proven process over marketing metrics.

What Report? Here are the facts: When we bought Apollo Fusion, a single engine had flown, but had not yet ignited on orbit. After buying the company, we sold hundreds of engines and delivered 100 in 9 months last year. 100% of Astra satellite engines that are in orbit are operational. This is a great product designed and manufactured by a great team, and we have everyone we need to make the product even better, which we are actively doing.

@Kemp @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Every report out there is that Astra destroyed Apollo Fusion after you bought it. Starlink brought on the people from Apollo Fusion and created Starlink's thrusters. techcrunch.com/2023/08/28/ast…

@lrocket @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Love

@Kemp @Peter_J_Beck @Astra I’m here for this electric rivalry🍿

@LibbySchaaf Congrats Libby! Thank you for your leadership and taking on this new role.

Excited to advance progress and regional solutions for our beloved Bay Area as the next President & CEO of the Bay Area Council! sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…

@mattlindn @Peter_J_Beck @Astra We bought that company 5 years ago. This success was Astra’s success.

@Kemp @Peter_J_Beck @Astra Astra isn't leading, the company you BOUGHT is leading. Had nothing to do with Astra.