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 completed the Critical Design Review phase for its Blue Ghost lunar lander and is working toward an Integration Readiness Review to be presented in April 2022.
AE Industrial Partners led a $75,000,000 Series B financing round in Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly Aerospace performed the first launch of its Alpha launch vehicle in September 2021.
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AE Industrial Partners led the $75,000,000 Series B round in Firefly Aerospace on 2022-03-22.
In January 2022, NASA selected Spaceflight to provide launch services for the agency’s Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) missions.
In February 2020, Astrocast and Spaceflight signed a multi-launch agreement for the launch of 10 additional IoT smallsats representing Astrocast’s sixth launch booked with Spaceflight.
Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series B funding round.
Astrocast and Spaceflight partnered to launch an additional five smallsats on Spaceflight’s SXRS-5 mission in January 2021.
The May 2021 $75,000,000 Series A round valued Firefly Aerospace at more than $1,000,000,000.
The 2022-03-15 mission was the first in a multilaunch agreement Astra announced with launch services provider Spaceflight on 2022-03-14.
The Portland State Aerospace Society previously arranged to launch the student-built OreSat0 cubesat through Spaceflight.
Spaceflight expanded its launch vehicle partner portfolio by adding Astra to offer customers additional launch opportunities.
The LV0009 launch will be the first in a new multi-launch agreement between Astra and the launch services company Spaceflight announced 2022-03-14.
Firefly Aerospace completed the critical design review phase for its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander program and is targeting a launch in late 2023.
AE Industrial Partners has reached a definitive agreement to acquire a significant stake in Firefly Aerospace from Noosphere Venture Partners LP.
Firefly Aerospace performed the first launch of Alpha, its flagship launch vehicle, in September 2022.
Firefly Aerospace raised Series A financing in May 2021 at a $1,100,000,000 valuation.
On 2022-02-16, Max Polyakov posted on Facebook that he was selling his 58% stake in Firefly Aerospace to co-founder Tom Markusic for one U.S. dollar.
Firefly Aerospace completed acceptance testing for the upper stage of the second Alpha rocket on 2022-02-17 after previously completing testing of the first stage.