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Airborne Launch Assist Space Access, or DARPA ALASA is a canceled program of the US defense technology agency DARPA "designed to produce a rocket capable of launching a 100-pound satellite into low Earth orbit for less than $1 million."[1] The program was conceived, then announced in 2011, and funded development work began in 2012. The project was terminated in late 2015.