Updates: Astra launches NASA mission from Florida, but fails to reach orbit

Update: Astra launched its Rocket 3.3 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:43 p.m. ET Sunday, but the mission to take two NASA payloads failed to reach orbit. The upper stage's engine cut out just over seven minutes into flight, causing a tumble and the science spacecraft were lost. Read our full post-launch story here.

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Follow live as launch startup Astra targets 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT Sunday, June 12, for the launch of a NASA mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The small, 45-foot Rocket 3.3 is slated to fly from Launch Complex 46 with two Earth-observing satellites called TROPICS. Astra's previous NASA mission failed to reach orbit and deploy the spacecraft; if everything goes according to plan, this will mark the company's first successful Florida launch.

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