{"id":36232,"date":"2023-09-04T22:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/max-q-an-inside-look-at-astras-apollo-fusion-acquisition-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T22:00:35","slug":"max-q-an-inside-look-at-astras-apollo-fusion-acquisition-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/04\/max-q-an-inside-look-at-astras-apollo-fusion-acquisition-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Q: An inside look at Astra&#8217;s Apollo Fusion acquisition | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\">Hello and welcome back to Max Q!<\/p>\n<p>In this issue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Astra\u2019s Apollo Fusion acquisition followed by delays and desertion<\/li>\n<li>News from SpaceX and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two years ago, Astra hailed its acquisition of satellite propulsion startup Apollo Fusion as a strategic move that would round out its launch business and bring expert engineers into the fold. But under Astra leadership, Apollo Fusion quickly disintegrated, with the majority of the original team resigning, leaving few people to staff the one part of the business that had substantial customer demand and the promise of revenue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1671033\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1671033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Apollo Fusion thruster. <strong>Image Credits:<\/strong> Apollo Fusion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>More news from across TC<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amazon<\/strong> and its board, including founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/31\/lawsuit-alleges-no-due-diligence-in-amazons-project-kuiper-launch-contracts-to-blue-origin-ula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are being sued<\/a> by an institutional investor over hefty launch contracts the company awarded to Bezos\u2019 space company, Blue Origin.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Firefly Aerospace<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Millennium Space Systems\u00a0have entered the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/30\/firefly-and-millenium-enter-hot-standby-phase-for-high-stakes-space-force-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201chot standby phase\u201d<\/a> for an orbital mission for the U.S. Space Force.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gitai<\/strong>, a space robotics startup, has closed an additional <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/29\/gitai-closes-additional-funding-in-advance-of-demo-mission-outside-the-iss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$15 million in funding\u00a0<\/a>to advance its technology for the moon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Globalstar<\/strong>, a satellite network operator backed by Apple, has purchased launches from SpaceX <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/01\/apple-backed-globalstar-inks-64m-launch-contract-with-spacex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worth $64 million<\/a>, according to regulatory filings.<\/li>\n<li id=\"speakable-summary\"><strong>India<\/strong> is launching its first space-based solar observatory mission called <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/28\/aditya-l1-launch-solar-observatory-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aditya-L1<\/a> to study the sun, just days after the <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/23\/india-chandrayaan-3-landing-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/23\/india-chandrayaan-3-landing-moon\/\">successful landing<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/23\/india-chandrayaan-3-landing-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/23\/india-chandrayaan-3-landing-moon\/\">of the country\u2019s moon rover mission Chandrayaan-3<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Starfish Space<\/strong> has managed to pull its first orbital mission back from <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/29\/starfish-space-pulls-otter-pup-servicing-vehicle-back-from-the-brink-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the brink of catastrophe<\/a>, with the startup saying that it has regained control over the Otter Pup spacecraft that had been rapidly tumbling through space.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The U.S. Department of Defense<\/strong> must <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/08\/29\/its-time-to-accelerate-integration-of-commercial-space-tech-into-the-us-department-of-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accelerate integration<\/a> of commercial space tech, a new op-ed argues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Max Q is brought to you by me, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/breadfrom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aria Alamalhodaei<\/a>. If you enjoy reading Max Q, consider forwarding it to a friend.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/09\/04\/max-q-an-inside-look-at-astras-apollo-fusion-acquisition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Astra\u2019s Apollo Fusion acquisition followed by delays and desertion News from SpaceX and more Two years ago, Astra hailed its acquisition of satellite propulsion startup Apollo Fusion as a strategic move that would round out its launch business and bring expert engineers into the fold. 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