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 successful acceptance test of the first stage of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2020-10-20.
Firefly Aerospace designed and manufactured the Alpha payload fairing separation system.
Firefly Aerospace signed a Launch Services Agreement with Spire Global to launch Lemur spacecraft on multiple Alpha missions.
Firefly Aerospace is nearing completion of its Launch Control Center, Integration Hangar, and launch pad at Space Launch Complex 2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace plans a block upgrade to increase Alpha's Low Earth Orbit payload capacity to 1,300 kg.
Spaceflight Inc. has signed a Multiple Launch Services Agreement with HawkEye 360.
HawkEye 360 first worked with Spaceflight in 2018 by launching its first cluster of spacecraft aboard the SSO-A mission.
A bankruptcy judge provided NASA with only $1,500 of $1.1 million in advance payments due when Firefly Space Systems' contract was canceled.
BlackSky Global-7 and BlackSky Global-8 delivered imagery within 58 hours of the 2020-08-07 launch.
The report criticized the inclusion of Firefly Aerospace in the CLPS program, which was created after Noosphere Ventures acquired the assets of bankrupt Firefly Space Systems.
Benchmark Space Systems partnered with Spaceflight, Inc. on development of the non-toxic Orbit Transfer Vehicle engine adaptation to offer non-toxic chemical propulsion solutions to commercial and government customers.
Planet had 26 SuperDove cubesats on Vega, including 14 that used QuadPack deployers from Innovative Solutions in Space arranged by Spaceflight and 12 aboard D-Orbit’s inaugural ION Satellite Carrier.
Spaceflight Inc. won a contract to launch a Brazilian satellite on India’s PSLV at the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021.
NASA awarded VCLS contracts in 2015 to Firefly Space, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Galactic for one launch from each company.
Firefly Space lost its VCLS award in 2016 when it filed for bankruptcy and reemerged in 2017 as Firefly Aerospace.
Benchmark Space Systems signed an exclusive services agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to provide non-toxic chemical propulsion solutions for Spaceflight’s next-generation Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles.
Benchmark Space Systems agreed on 2020-08-05 to provide non-toxic chemical propulsion for Spaceflight Inc.’s next-generation orbital transfer vehicle Sherpa-NG.
Firefly Space lost its original VCLS contract and filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and later emerged as Firefly Aerospace.
NASA awarded original VCLS contracts in October 2015 with a combined value of $17,100,000 to Firefly Space, Rocket Lab, and Virgin Galactic.
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded study contracts in 2019 to BlackSky Global, HyspecIQ, Maxar Technologies, and Planet to compare each company’s current and planned capabilities with imagery requirements established by NGA.