Firefly Aerospace is a Texas-based private aerospace company that provides end-to-end space transportation services. It specializes in the development of small to medium-lift launch vehicles like the Alpha rocket and lunar landers such as Blue Ghost, along with on-orbit services using its Elytra space tug. Firefly works with partners like NASA and ESA, securing contracts for commercial lunar payload services and missions to the far side of the Moon. The company aims to provide affordable and reliable space access for government and commercial customers, contributing to lunar and cislunar exploration.
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Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman Corporation entered a joint partnership to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
Firefly and Northrop Grumman Corporation joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
The contract for the Victus Nox mission was awarded on 2022-09-30 to launch services provider Firefly Aerospace and satellite manufacturer Millennium Space.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket lifted off 2022-10-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the vehicle’s second flight.
Firefly Aerospace performed its first successful orbital launch on 2022-10-01, just hours after the Space Force awarded a $17,600,000 contract for TacRS-3.
Firefly Aerospace completed its first successful orbital flight with Alpha Flight 2, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-10-01.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle is designed to provide affordable, rapid access to space.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle reached orbit for the first time on 2022-10-01.
Spaceflight planned to use a chemical propulsion system on Sherpa-LTC2 provided by Benchmark Space Systems to raise the vehicle’s orbit to an altitude of 1,0 m.
Northrop Grumman selected Firefly to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket.
Spaceflight Inc.’s Sherpa-LTC2 tug launched 2022-09-04 as a rideshare payload on a Falcon 9 that also carried 51 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Firefly a $17,600,000 contract for the 2023 Tactically Responsive Space TacRS-3 mission.
Firefly Aerospace is the first company to launch and reach orbit from U.S. soil in only its second attempt.
Firefly Aerospace is completing the Acceptance Testing Protocol for its Alpha 3 vehicle in preparation for the NASA VCLS Demo 2-FB ELaNa 43 launch.
Firefly Aerospace is scheduled for 12 Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2024.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle is designed to provide affordable, rapid access to space.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Flight 2 mission successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-10-01.
Firefly Aerospace became the first company to launch and reach orbit from US soil in only its second attempt.
Firefly Aerospace is scheduled for six Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2023.
Firefly Aerospace is the first and only US commercial space company with a rocket ready to take customers to space in the 1,300 kg payload lift class.