Kodiak Spaceport

Today on the midday news report with Terry Haines: A new report from the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center. An update on the Astra rocket launch. More on the City of Kodiak remote seller’s sales tax. News on the Kodiak Public Library. All that and more on today’s midday news report.

Jared Griffin with today’s newscast, with a live update from the Emergency Operations Center. (Note: we had some equipment failure halfway through the newscast.)

Terry Haines presents the Midday Report featuring: More Covid-19 cases reported for the Kodiak Island Borough. Rocket company, Astra, has announced a new launch window. Companies that would like to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are being asked to participate in a call for nominations. More on the governor’s eight health orders issued yesterday. All that and more …

The Alaska Aerospace Corporation says it has begun to open up areas near the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport, closed off after a rocket crashed there on Friday. The corporation, which was established by the state of Alaska, manages the launch complex and is a partner with Astra, a California start-up company testing a 38-foot rocket, that’s portable and scaled down to …

Join KMXT’s Talk of the Rock host, Rhonda McBride as she speaks with Mark Lester, CEO if the Alaska Aerospace Corporation and Steve Wackowski, Chief of Staff as they discuss the recent failed rocket launch on the island.

The Alaska Aerospace Corporation says the windows for last week’s attempted rocket launches at the Kodiak Pacific Spaceport were too narrow. Astra, a California-based company, tried to send its 3.1 Rocket into space on four different days, each within a two-hour window. The president of Alaska Aerospace, Mark Lester, says it’s not unusual to have launches called-off during the testing …