The entry gate to the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska on Narrow Cape in October 2019.
“So, the new rocket industry has decided to say, ‘Hey, how about I make a smaller rocket that I can launch more often? And then I can get these smaller payloads up more quickly,’” said Keeter. facilities in the U.S. that can launch those types of rockets into orbit. Astra successfully launched its second commercial rocket from the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex on March 15, 2022.
“My argument has always been we should absolutely diversify into other things, but we need to be careful that as we diversify into those other things we don’t hurt a guaranteed economic resource,” said Rohrer.