On June 12, 2024 a
Exhibit,Appendix
was filed
involving a dispute between
Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc.,
and
Astra Space Operations, Inc.,
for Commercial - Contract - Commercial Division
in the District Court of New York County.
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024
Exhibit 19
FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024
From: Chris C. Kemp
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 5:46 PM
To: Marc Bell
Subject: Fw: Terran Executive Meeting Summary
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the
sender and know the content is safe.
Marc,
I appreciate the partnership and collaboration between our teams over the past few weeks. In that spirit, I am reaching
out to you directly to raise to your attention an important matter that is delaying your program ‐ finalizing Rev G of your
requirements.
Last Friday, our teams agreed to move forward with a set of updates to the technical requirements document that will
unblock the Change Order and qualification testing, without incurring additional cost to the program for either Terran or
Astra. Finalizing these requirements unblocks a number of work streams for your program and allows us to complete
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analysis, design, work and test instructions and other artifacts that allow us to complete the qualification of your system
and allow us to begin production of your propulsion modules.
Our team provided guidance on the recommended requirements updates to reflect what was agreed, as well as a list of
the activities that need to be performed to unblock qualification testing. As of today, Astra has received no response,
and no indication of when the Rev G requirements will be released. Your team was also unable to meet with Astra to
discuss these updates, cancelling two meetings this week.
Astra looks forward to qualifying your hardware and shipping you flight sets, but unfortunately the program is blocked
and will continue to slip without finalized requirements from Terran. To prevent continued program delay, Astra
requests the released Rev G requirements NLT 4/17 to facilitate a signed Change Order NLT 4/19.
Happy to discuss if you have any questions, and thank you for your support!
Best,
Chris
From: Robin Sargent
Date: Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM
To: Andrew Toache , Laurence Gilbert
, Alyssa Hames
Cc: Ian Murray , Margo de Naray , Martin Attiq
Subject: Terran Executive Meeting Summary
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for a productive meeting today, which served as a key step in unblocking qualification testing of the Terran
module. To summarize the discussion, Astra and Terran have agreed to move forward such that no additional
cost related to qual and ATP testing is incurred for the program on either side. To facilitate this, we have agreed to
remove requirements that lead to additional costs/schedule impact from the current Rev F version of the spec. Astra
will provide guidance to Terran, in the form of an updated draft requirements document, Rev G, which is to include the
latest agreed versions of the feed system design requirements (Option C) and other requirements language
improvements, and exclude requirements which incur additional cost. Once agreed, this spec will be incorporated into
the feed system change order.
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In order to fully unblock qualification testing the following steps need to be taken:
1. Astra provides draft requirements document: MNSN-0101-Fto G DRAFTMonsoon Propulsion Technical
Requirements.pdf (see highlighted requirements with comments)
2. Terran finalizes and releases requirements document
3. Terran/Astra finalize and sign Change Order
4. Astra updates the Qualification Test Plan to updated requirements version, and incorporation of relevant
feedback from Terran provided previously.
5. Terran performs final review and approval of QTPdocument.
6. Astra finalizes test work instructions based on released QTP document, and begins qualification build.
As noted on the be blocked from proceeding on qual module build/test
Astra will next week until actions 1-
call, starting
5 are closed. Thanks for your support to help movethings along.
As a quick aside -we also completed the mass model build (see image below today) which serves as our pathfinder build
for the qualification build and work instructions.
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Best,
Robin
Robin Sargent
Sr. Manager, Customer Programs
*
ASTRA
E: rsargent@astra.com | M: 510.206.8943
he/him/his
PROPRIETARY DATA STATEMENT AND ITAR EXPORT CONTROL WARNING
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The information contained in this email and any files/attachments transmitted with it are proprietary to Astra Space, Inc. and are intended only for
the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately
and delete the material from your computer.
Additionally, this email and/or its attachments may contain technical data whose export is restricted by the U.S. Department of State under the
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Licenses approved by the
Department of State and/or Commerce are required prior to the export of ITAR/EAR‐controlled technical data to any foreign person or organization;
either in the United States or abroad.
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Document Filed Date
June 12, 2024
Case Filing Date
June 12, 2024
Category
Commercial - Contract - Commercial Division
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 Exhibit 19 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 From: Chris C. Kemp Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 5:46 PM To: Marc Bell Subject: Fw: Terran Executive Meeting Summary CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Marc, I appreciate the partnership and collaboration between our teams over the past few weeks. In that spirit, I am reaching out to you directly to raise to your attention an important matter that is delaying your program ‐ finalizing Rev G of your requirements. Last Friday, our teams agreed to move forward with a set of updates to the technical requirements document that will unblock the Change Order and qualification testing, without incurring additional cost to the program for either Terran or Astra. Finalizing these requirements unblocks a number of work streams for your program and allows us to complete 1 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 analysis, design, work and test instructions and other artifacts that allow us to complete the qualification of your system and allow us to begin production of your propulsion modules. Our team provided guidance on the recommended requirements updates to reflect what was agreed, as well as a list of the activities that need to be performed to unblock qualification testing. As of today, Astra has received no response, and no indication of when the Rev G requirements will be released. Your team was also unable to meet with Astra to discuss these updates, cancelling two meetings this week. Astra looks forward to qualifying your hardware and shipping you flight sets, but unfortunately the program is blocked and will continue to slip without finalized requirements from Terran. To prevent continued program delay, Astra requests the released Rev G requirements NLT 4/17 to facilitate a signed Change Order NLT 4/19. Happy to discuss if you have any questions, and thank you for your support! Best, Chris From: Robin Sargent Date: Friday, April 5, 2024 at 4:27 PM To: Andrew Toache , Laurence Gilbert , Alyssa Hames Cc: Ian Murray , Margo de Naray , Martin Attiq Subject: Terran Executive Meeting Summary Hi Andrew, Thank you for a productive meeting today, which served as a key step in unblocking qualification testing of the Terran module. To summarize the discussion, Astra and Terran have agreed to move forward such that no additional cost related to qual and ATP testing is incurred for the program on either side. To facilitate this, we have agreed to remove requirements that lead to additional costs/schedule impact from the current Rev F version of the spec. Astra will provide guidance to Terran, in the form of an updated draft requirements document, Rev G, which is to include the latest agreed versions of the feed system design requirements (Option C) and other requirements language improvements, and exclude requirements which incur additional cost. Once agreed, this spec will be incorporated into the feed system change order. 2 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 In order to fully unblock qualification testing the following steps need to be taken: 1. Astra provides draft requirements document: MNSN-0101-Fto G DRAFTMonsoon Propulsion Technical Requirements.pdf (see highlighted requirements with comments) 2. Terran finalizes and releases requirements document 3. Terran/Astra finalize and sign Change Order 4. Astra updates the Qualification Test Plan to updated requirements version, and incorporation of relevant feedback from Terran provided previously. 5. Terran performs final review and approval of QTPdocument. 6. Astra finalizes test work instructions based on released QTP document, and begins qualification build. As noted on the be blocked from proceeding on qual module build/test Astra will next week until actions 1- call, starting 5 are closed. Thanks for your support to help movethings along. As a quick aside -we also completed the mass model build (see image below today) which serves as our pathfinder build for the qualification build and work instructions. 3 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 Best, Robin Robin Sargent Sr. Manager, Customer Programs * ASTRA E: rsargent@astra.com | M: 510.206.8943 he/him/his PROPRIETARY DATA STATEMENT AND ITAR EXPORT CONTROL WARNING 4 FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 06/12/2024 09:02 AM INDEX NO. 652977/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 21 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 06/12/2024 The information contained in this email and any files/attachments transmitted with it are proprietary to Astra Space, Inc. and are intended only for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from your computer. Additionally, this email and/or its attachments may contain technical data whose export is restricted by the U.S. Department of State under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Department of Commerce Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Licenses approved by the Department of State and/or Commerce are required prior to the export of ITAR/EAR‐controlled technical data to any foreign person or organization; either in the United States or abroad. 5