Astra Space, Inc. successfully completed its first commercial orbital launch for the United States Space Force late Friday night, November 19, 2021, PST. The launch, STP-27AD2, was conducted from Astra?s Kodiak Spaceport, located at the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska. Astra's launch system successfully demonstrated the orbital placement of a test payload to an inclination of 86.0 degrees at an altitude of 500 km. The payload achieved an orbital velocity of 7.61 kilometers per second in 8 minutes and 47 seconds. The United States Space Force contracted this launch through a Defense Innovation Unit Other Transaction Agreement.