Astra (Latin for "stars") may refer to:

People

Astra (name) Astra is a unisex given name. People with the name include: Given name * Astra Biltauere (born 1944), Latvian volleyball player * Astra Blair (born 1932), British opera singer * Astra Clément-Bayard, French manufacturer of dirigibles * Astra Desmo ...

Places

* Astra, Chubut, a village in Argentina * Astra (Isauria), a town of ancient Isauria, now in Turkey * Astra, one suggested name for a hypothetical fifth planet that became the asteroid belt

Entertainment

* Astra (Marvel Comics), the name of two otherwise unrelated Marvel Comics characters from 1977 and 1999, respectively * Astra (DC Comics) * Astra (2000 film), an Indian Kannada-language action drama film * ''Astra'' (2012 film), a Bengali film * Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association * ASTRA Awards, annual awards presented by the Australian subscription television industry * Astra, a character in the TV series ''

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Music

* Astra Chamber Music Society, a Melbourne, Australia concert organization, formed in 1951 * Astra (band), an American psychedelic and progressive rock band * ''Astra'' (album), a 1985 release by Asia * ''Astra'', a 1990 composition by Charles Wuorinen

Sports

* FC Astra Giurgiu, a Romanian football club, currently playing in Liga I * Astra Krotoszyn, a Polish sports club * Astra Giurgiu, a Romanian sports club * Los Angeles Astra, a women's ultimate team in the Western Ultimate League (WUL)

Software

* Trillian Astra, a codename for a version of Trillian instant messaging (IM) client * Astra (software), software to organize digital broadcasting services for TV operators and broadcasters, etc. * Astra Linux

Transportation

Automobiles

* Astra (1920 automobile), an American automobile built by American company Dorris Motors * Astra (1922 automobile), a French cyclecar made by E Pasquet * Astra (1930 automobile), an automobile shown by Belgian company Automobiles Astra, but never produced * Astra (1954 automobile), a microcar built by British Anzani until 1959 * Astra Veicoli Industriali, an Italian truck manufacturer, a subsidiary of IVECO * Astra Bus, a bus manufacturer based in Romania * Opel Astra, also known as the Chevrolet Astra and Saturn Astra, a small family car ** Vauxhall Astra, a small family car sold as a rebadged Opel Kadett and later an Opel Astra ** Holden Astra, a small family car sold as a rebadged Nissan Pulsar and later an Opel Astra

Aviation

* IAI Astra, an Israel Aircraft Industries-manufactured twin-engine business jet * A Handley Page Hinaidi prototype, later used for barnstorming in England under the name ''Astra'' * Stellar Astra, an American ultralight trike design * Ultralight Engineering Astra, an ultralight aircraft * Société Astra, a French airship and aeroplane manufacturer * Astra Airlines, an airline based in Thessaloniki, Greece

Government

* Federal Roads Office, a Swiss government agency

Rail

* Astra Rail Industries, a Romanian rail vehicle manufacturer

Spaceflight

* Association in Scotland to Research into Astronautics, a Scottish space advocacy group * Astra (American spaceflight company), a US launch service provider with its rocket Astra * ASTRA program, a German future launcher technology research program from 1995 to 2005 * SES Astra, a subsidiary of SES that owns and operates communications satellites *

Astra (satellite) Astra is the brand name for a number of geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES, a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg. The name is also u ...

, a family of satellites operated by SES S.A. through SES Astra

Military and weaponry

* Astra (weapon), a supernatural weapon in Hindu mythology * Astra (missile), an Indian beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile * Astra-Unceta y Cia SA, Spanish weapons manufacturer

Other uses

* Astra (beer) *

Astra (horse) Astra (foaled January 25, 1996, in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred Glossary of North American horse racing#Racemare, racemare who won four Graded stakes race, Grade I races on Grass, turf. Background She was bred and raced by Allen E. Pau ...

* Astra AB, former international pharmaceutical company based in Sweden * Astra International, Indonesian conglomerate * ASTRA (reactor), Adaptierter Schwimmbecken-Typ-Reaktor Austria, a type of nuclear reactor * American Specialty Toy Retailing Association * Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and the Culture of the Romanian People (abbreviated as ASTRA in Romanian) * ASTRA, a branch of Altrusa International, Inc * AstraSat, a former South African satellite television service