Astra Rocket 3.2 launch
Astra's Rocket 3.2 vehicle lifts off from Kodiak Island, Alaska, Dec. 15.

Astra will introduce an upgraded version of its small launch vehicle on its next flight later this month intended to increase the vehicle’s payload capacity.

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Jeff Foust has more than a decade of experience writing about space policy, entrepreneurial ventures and regulatory affairs. In 2001, he established spacetoday.net to aggregate and summarize the day's space-related news stories. In 2003, he started The...