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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INPE contracted Spaceflight Inc. to secure the launch of Amazonia-1.
General Atomics selected Firefly Aerospace on 2021-02-18 to launch an Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying the Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols hosted payload on an Alpha rocket.
Spaceflight purchased its first Falcon 9 rideshare mission in 2015.
General Atomics selected Firefly Aerospace to launch its Orbital Test Bed 2 (OTB-2) satellite on an Alpha rocket in 2022.
Firefly Aerospace won a NASA Venture Class Launch Services contract valued at $9,800,000 in December to launch two sets of cubesats into polar orbits.
Firefly Aerospace won a $93,300,000 contract from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program on 2021-02-04 for the 2023 launch of the Blue Ghost lander carrying NASA payloads.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems awarded a contract to Firefly Aerospace to launch a GA-EMS developed Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols instrument.
Spaceflight Inc. works with a portfolio of global launch vehicles that includes Falcon 9, Antares, Electron, and Vega to provide launch options to customers.
Spaceflight Inc. was awarded a multi-year contract to provide launch services for INPE through a competitive government procurement process in December 2018.
Spaceflight Inc. purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram Amazonia-1 satellite.
Spaceflight Inc. launched and deployed spacecraft on its Sherpa-FX1 orbital transfer vehicle aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 mission.
Spaceflight was awarded a multi-year contract to provide launch services for INPE through a government procurement process in December 2018.
Spaceflight Inc. launched 16 payloads on board its Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Sherpa-FX-1, on a SpaceX rocket to deliver them to precise orbits, marking the first in LEO SSO orbit.
Firefly Aerospace completed acceptance testing of its Flight 1 Alpha vehicle and delivered that vehicle to Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) for integration.
Firefly Aerospace entered a Launch Services Agreement with Exolaunch GmbH to integrate and launch multi-satellite clusters aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle beginning in 2022.
Firefly Aerospace has a Launch Services Agreement with Exolaunch GmbH to integrate and launch multi-satellite clusters aboard Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle starting in 2022.
Flight 1 Alpha has been delivered to Firefly Aerospace’s Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) launch site for integration.
Firefly Aerospace uses Austin-based AS9100-certified engineering, test, and production facilities to build and operate spacecraft.
Firefly announced a July 2019 partnership with Israel Aerospace Industries to license the Genesis lander that IAI developed for SpaceIL’s Beresheet mission.
Firefly Aerospace is developing, qualifying, and manufacturing the Blue Ghost lander at its spacecraft integration facilities in Cedar Park, Texas, about 30 minutes north of Austin.