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accession: "0001437749-23-013194"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:48:15.859834+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Astrotech's 1st Detect receives order for 17 TRACER 1000 explosive trace detectors from Romania-based company

## Summary
- Order for 17 TRACER 1000 ETDs from Romania-based security tech integrator; deliveries in 2023.
- Systems to be deployed in Europe; expands 1st Detect footprint to 22 sites in 14 countries.
- CEO highlights near-zero false alarm rate; TRACER 1000 uses mass spectrometry.
- Only mass spectrometry-based ETD with ECAC certification for both checkpoint and cargo.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-013194
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923013194/0001437749-23-013194-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774923013194/astc20230505_8k.htm

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