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accession: "0001437749-25-001637"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T12:49:35.359208+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Astrotech's 1st Detect receives $429K purchase order for TRACER 1000 ETDs from TSA contractor

## Summary
- First purchase order for TRACER 1000 explosive trace detectors after TSA approval.
- Customer: Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation, a TSA contractor.
- Order valued at $429K; revenue to be recognized in fiscal year 2025.
- TRACER 1000 is first TSA-approved ETD using mass spectrometry, offering near-zero false alarms.
- CEO Thomas Pickens calls this a major milestone for Astrotech and 1st Detect.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-25-001637
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2025-01-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774925001637/0001437749-25-001637-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774925001637/astc20250122_8k.htm

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