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accession: "0001437749-26-003995"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ASTC"
cik: "0001001907"
company_name: "ASTROTECH Corp"
filed_at: "2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T02:41:18.267353+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
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confidence: "medium"
source: SEC EDGAR
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# Astrotech Q2 FY2026 R&D expense down 25% YoY; Tracer 1000 in 35 locations

## Summary
- R&D expense $1.832M, down 25% from Q2 FY2025 as company transitions from development to commercial sales.
- Tracer 1000 deployed in ~35 locations across 16 countries in US, Europe, Asia.
- Appointed Scott Bartley as Interim CFO and David Spada as Director of Global Sales at 1st Detect.
- CEO cites positive sales pipeline momentum in mass spectrometry and gas chromatography markets.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-003995
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ASTC
- cik: 0001001907
- company_name: ASTROTECH Corp
- filed_at: 2026-02-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: medium
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774926003995/0001437749-26-003995-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001907/000143774926003995/astc20260209_8k.htm

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