Tag Archives: Narrow Cape

An intermittent sensor reading halted the launch of an Astra rocket on Monday and ended the startup spaceflight company’s efforts to win a multi-million-dollar launch competition. Astra officials said at a press conference after the launch was stopped that the sensor reading was serious enough to warrant scrapping the launch as a safety precaution. The launch was part of a …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly held a special public meeting Tuesday night (Aug 28) to discuss whether to share a legal opinion with the public. The assembly is considering waiving the confidentiality of the borough attorney’s legal opinions about an Alaska Aerospace Corporation land-use issue. AAC runs a launch facility, Pacific Spaceport Complex, at Narrow Cape. At a …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility on Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Aerospace Corporation) An Anchorage Daily News story alleges that the state-owned rocket launch complex on Kodiak Island may have been involved in government waste and improprieties in awarding a contract. The aerospace corporation is owned by the state and runs the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska at Narrow Cape. It …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility on Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Aerospace Corporation) Mitch Borden/KMXT Some Kodiak residents are not happy with a seemingly harmless landscape photo recently posted online. The reason — the picture was taken from a proposed launch pad for the space technology company Vector Launch incorporated at Kodiak’s Pacific Spaceport Complex. Locals worry any more …

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility in Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of AAC) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Aerospace Corporation will establish a subsidiary to handle its out-of-state services. AAC conducts rocket launches from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Narrow Cape and its corporate offices are in Anchorage. It’s contracted with both the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and private businesses. It’s also …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT It appears that the Pacific Spaceport Complex may have conducted a launch. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency has partnered with Alaska Aerospace Corporation on a couple of launches scheduled for this summer at AAC’s launch facility in Pasagshak. While the Missile Defense Agency and AAC declined to comment on the launch date or time due …