ASTR Stock: Dear Astra Space Investors, Mark Your Calendar for Feb. 4

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Astra Space (NASDAQ:ASTR) stock is on the move Tuesday as investors react to news of an upcoming space launch.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expected to grant Astra Space a launch license that will allow it to send up a rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The FAA expects to issue this license to the company by Feb. 4.

It’s likely that Astra Space will get the license soon as it’s already planning for a launch this weekend. The company plans to send a shuttle up on Feb. 5, which is this coming up Saturday. A live stream of the launch will start at noon Eastern Time.

Another thing to highlight is that this license would be the first granted under the new Part 450 process. This speeds up the granting of launch licenses with the current one only taking three months to get. That, in combination with the license being granted to Astra Space, could make it easier for the company to increase the rate of launches.

Astra Space’s big focus is on delivering payloads to low Earth orbit. That includes various satellites of up to 1,100 pounds. This is part of the company’s goal to “improve life on Earth from space.”

News of the launch license has investors taking extra interest in ASTR stock today. As a result, some 10 million shares of the stock have changed hands. That’s nearly double the company’s daily average trading volume of 5.6 million shares.

ASTR stock started off strong this morning before falling back to ground levels. As of this writing, shares are down nearly 1%.

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