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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OQ Technology launched the Tiger-2 satellite aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission organized by Spaceflight Inc.
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 3 trio launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and was dispensed from Spaceflight, Inc.’s Sherpa-FX orbital transfer vehicle.
Tiger-2 launched aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare mission organized by Spaceflight Inc.
The trio of Cluster 3 satellites launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 and was dispensed from Spaceflight, Inc.’s Sherpa-FX orbital transfer vehicle.
Cluster 3 is scheduled to launch as early as June aboard Spaceflight Inc.’s SXRS-5 mission.
Cluster 3 is scheduled to launch as early as June 2021 aboard Spaceflight Inc.’s SXRS-5 mission.
Kleos Space dispatched a cluster of four Polar Vigilance Mission satellites (KSF1) from Delft in the Netherlands to Cape Canaveral for a launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc no earlier than June 2021.
Firefly Aerospace awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch the Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023.
NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace the CLPS 19D task order in February 2021.
NASA awarded Firefly the CLPS 19D task order in February 2021.
Firefly Aerospace selected SpaceX on 2021-05-20 to launch its first lunar lander mission for NASA.
Firefly selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch Blue Ghost.
Firefly Aerospace Inc. awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch its Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023.
The 2021-05-15 launch was the first of four dedicated missions under a contract announced earlier in the year through launch services company Spaceflight.
Spaceflight purchased three ports on the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission designated SXRS-5.
The 'Running Out of Toes' mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.
The Running Out of Toes mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution, multi-spectral satellites by the end of 2021.
The “Running Out of Toes” mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.
Firefly was awarded a $93,300,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver 10 science payloads to the surface of the Moon in 2023 using the Blue Ghost lunar lander.
Spaceflight will provide integration and launch services for eight BlackSky smallsats across four dedicated Electron missions throughout 2021.