Astra

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Contents 1 Companies and brands 2 Automobiles 3 Acronyms 4 See also

Astra may refer to:

• Astra (Marvel), Marvel comics character
• Astra (Imperial Guard), another Marvel character
• Astra missile, missile developed by India
• Astra (album), a 1985 album by Asia
• Astra (manga), by Jerry Robinson.
• TR-3B Astra, an alleged secret aircraft
• Astra (god), Greek goddess
• Astra Planeta, the gods of the five wandering stars or planets
• Astra (band), former rock band from Athens, GA
• Astra (Wuorinen) a 1990 musical composition by Charles Wuorinen
• Astra (weapon), as written about in the Mahabharata and Ramayana
• Astra Film Festival - International Documentary and Visual Anthropology Film Festival, Sibiu
• Astra, one suggested name for a fifth planet (hypothetical) that became the asteroid belt
• Astra Chamber Music Society, a concert organization for choral music and contemporary performance, based in Melbourne, Australia
• Astra (Beanie Baby), a Beanie Baby bear produced by Ty, Inc.
• ASTRA, a branch of Altrusa International for student between the ages of 12 and 25.

[edit] Companies and brands

• Astra, A Spanish gun manufacturer, no longer in business
• AstraZeneca
• SES Astra, a company operating the Astra satellite system, and a number of their satellites:
  • Astra 1A, often called "The Astra Satellite" at launch
  • Astra 1B
  • Astra 2D
• Astra, a brand of beer produced by the Bavaria - St. Pauli Brewery
• Astra, a codename for a version of Trillian (instant messaging client)
• Astra Vagoane Călători (Astra Passenger Coaches) - a Romanian company manufacturing various rolling stock material
• Astra-Unceta y Cia SA, a former Spanish handgun manufacturer.
• Astra International, an Indonesian conglomerate.
• Astra Products Ltd., a Ravenna, Ohio extruder of vertical and horizontal blinds.

[edit] Automobiles

• Astra (1920 automobile), the American version
• Astra (1922 automobile), the French version
• Astra (1930 automobile), the Belgian version
• Astra (1954 automobile), the British version
• Opel Astra, also known as the Vauxhall Astra, Holden Astra, Chevrolet Astra and Saturn Astra

[edit] Acronyms

• American Specialty Toy Retailing Association
• Asociaţia Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român, a Transylvanian cultural group
• Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics, a Scottish Space Advocacy Group
• Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association
• ASTRA (reactor) (Adaptierter Schwimmbecken-Typ-Reaktor Austria), a type of nuclear reactor
• ASTRA, Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America, an American Industry and Professional Advocacy Group [www.aboutastra.org] and [www.usinnovation.org]

[edit] See also

• Ad astra
• Astro