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 NASA’s Critical Design Review of its Blue Ghost lunar lander on 2021-10-25.
Kleos Space S.A. has contracted Spaceflight Inc. to provide integration, mission management, and launch services for the Observer Mission cluster (KSF3).
ISISPACE and Spaceflight supported Kleos Space's second cluster of satellites that SpaceX's Falcon 9 Transporter-2 mission sent to sun-synchronous orbit on 2021-06-29.
Kleos Space S.A. has contracted Spaceflight Inc. to provide launch services for its fourth satellite cluster (KSF3) on a SpaceX rideshare launch targeted for mid-2022.
The two November dedicated missions are part of a multi-launch agreement signed between Rocket Lab and Spaceflight Inc. for BlackSky earlier in 2021.
The two dedicated November missions are part of a multi-launch agreement signed between Rocket Lab and Spaceflight Inc. for BlackSky earlier in 2021.
Spaceflight Inc. is planning multiple Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle missions to support customers in low Earth orbit, geosynchronous equatorial orbit, and other cislunar destinations.
Spaceflight Inc. is preparing Sherpa-ES, a propulsive transfer vehicle designed to execute missions to trans-lunar orbit, low-lunar orbit, and geosynchronous equatorial orbit.
Spaceflight Inc. signed new launch agreements with Astrocast, Canon Electronics, Capella Space, GeoJump, HawkEye 360, Orbit Fab, Loft Orbital, NASA, NearSpace Launch Inc. / Inter-Modal Holding LLC, Portland State Aerospace Society, Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, Xona Space Systems, and several undisclosed U.S. government organizations.
Spaceflight Inc. reported 100% mission success for its SXRS-5 mission onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-2 in June, which deployed 36 spacecraft.
Astrocast has launched 12 satellites with Spaceflight Inc. and plans to launch a total of 100 nanosatellites.
Xona Space Systems has a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission in mid-2022, brokered by Spaceflight, to launch a dedicated commercial positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) satellite.
Spaceflight has signed new launch agreements with Astrocast, Canon Electronics, Capella Space, GeoJump, HawkEye 360, Orbit Fab, Loft Orbital, NASA, NearSpace Launch Inc., Inter-Modal Holding LLC, Portland State Aerospace Society, Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, Xona Space Systems, and several undisclosed U.S. government organizations.
Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series A round in May and is seeking approximately $300,000,000 in a Series B to support future projects including its medium-class Beta vehicle.
Spaceflight Inc. is executing a cislunar rideshare mission called GEO Pathfinder.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2021-09-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace is building the Blue Ghost lunar lander intended to go to the Moon in 2023.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2021-09-02.
Firefly Aerospace obtained approximately two minutes and twenty-five seconds of flight data from Alpha Flight 1 that will be used to improve the design of future Alpha launch vehicles.
Firefly Aerospace is collaborating with the FAA and Space Launch Delta 30 and plans to return to conduct the second Alpha flight as soon as possible.