Tag Archives: Pacific Spaceport Complex

Astra’s second successful rocket launch blasts off from Kodiak Spaceport Complex

Astra successfully launched its second commercial rocket from the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex. (Screenshot of livestreamed launch) Kodiak Island saw its first rocket in nearly four months blast off into space on Tues., March 15. California aerospace company Astra successfully sent a rocket into space from the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex on Narrow Cape just after sunrise. The fiery projectile …

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Alaska Aerospace discusses payments in lieu of taxes, dividends, in public meeting

Alaska Aerospace Corporation held a public meeting last night at the Kodiak Convention Center, to explain next steps in their Master Plan, including a policy to start making payments to the borough and state. Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility on Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Aerospace Corporation) The policy allows the board to allocate up to 20 percent of …

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China likely spying on Pacific Spaceport Complex says Pentagon

Alaska Aerospace Corporation launch facility on Narrow Cape. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Aerospace Corporation) Daysha Eaton/KMXT A report from the Pentagon says a Chinese spy ship sailed near the Aleutian Islands last July “likely to monitor” a missile test underway at the Kodiak spaceport. That’s according to a story Monday [8/27] in the Kodiak Daily Mirror newspaper. The U.S. military conducted two …

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Alaska Aerospace Corporation denies there are plans to build more launchpads at Kodiak spaceport

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 …

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Alaska Aerospace Corporation starts company for out-of-state services

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 …

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Kodiak Pacific Spaceport Complex Participates in Missile Defense Test

Screen cap of THAAD operations on Kodiak. Video by Video by Leah Garton / Missile Defense Agency Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak Island’s rocket launch facility was one of the players in a missile defense test this week. The Alaska Aerospace Corporation is in a multi-year agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency for a maximum of $80.4 million, …

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Launch Possible This Week at Rocket Launch Facility

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 …

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FAA Says No Further Environmental Study Needed for Launch Site Expansion

Jay Barrett/KMXT FAA KLC FONSI There will be no need for a more in-depth investigation into the environmental effects of building a third, larger launch pad at Narrow Cape in Pasagshak. That, according to an announcement from the Federal Aviation Administration, made Tuesday morning. The FAA issued a Final Environmental Assessment for Launch Pad 3 after determining that it “will …

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