Payload Poll Results: When Will Starship Fly?

The rocketmaker has has raised more than $2B since 2015.

The solution—a telemetry relay system called InRange—uses Viasat’s geostationary satellites as the middleman to receive telemetry data from the rocket and beam it back to Earth.

Astra is raising a $50M capital round to support the development of its launch vehicle.

“We didn’t punch it as far as we could, but what we saw was a much more stable, cleaner burn,” CEO Sascha Deri told Payload.