Rocket startup’s Florida launch debut ends in ocean crash

  • Astra’s Rocket 3.3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. This is the first launch from the Space Coast for the company. Rocket 3.3, carrying four small satellites for NASA, failed shortly after liftoff. (CRAIG BAILEY/Florida Today/Associated Press)
    Astra’s Rocket 3.3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. This is the first launch from the Space Coast for the company. Rocket 3.3, carrying four small satellites for NASA, failed shortly after liftoff. (CRAIG BAILEY/Florida Today/Associated Press)

    CAPE CANAVERAL — A rocket startup’s big Florida launch debut ended with all four mini satellites destroyed Thursday.

    California-based Astra sent its rocket soaring from Cape Canaveral after multiple de…