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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Spaceflight's Japanese owners Mitsui and Yamasa should help Spaceflight win additional business in Japan and elsewhere in Asia and provide closer ties with Japanese launch providers.
The eight planned BlackSky launches are part of a group of 20 satellites under production at LeoStella, Spaceflight Industries’ joint venture with Thales Alenia Space to manufacture small satellites.
Spaceflight, Inc. will operate as an independent U.S.-based company with its headquarters remaining in Seattle.
Spaceflight, Inc. will establish a new board of directors with a majority of members who are U.S. persons.
Mitsui & Co. participated in Spaceflight Industries’ $150,000,000 Series C funding round in March 2018.
Spaceflight Industries will use the proceeds from the sale to accelerate the growth of BlackSky, its geospatial intelligence business.
Firefly Aerospace will structure multiple missions to deliver SATLANTIS spacecraft to the inclinations chosen by SATLANTIS and on the schedules required to meet SATLANTIS business goals.
Firefly Aerospace executed a Launch Services Agreement with SATLANTIS on 2020-02-04 in Cedar Park, Texas.
Firefly Aerospace executed a Launch Services Agreement with Innovative Space Logistics BV (ISILAUNCH) on 2020-01-21.
The 2020-01-22 incident occurred one day after Firefly Aerospace entered a launch services agreement with ISILAUNCH, a subsidiary of Innovative Solutions in Space.
On 2020-01-23 Firefly Aerospace said a fire broke out in the engine bay at the base of the Alpha rocket when the engines ignited for a planned five-second test.
The 2020-01-22 test anomaly prompted evacuations and road closures in the vicinity of Firefly Aerospace’s test site near Briggs, Texas.
Rideshare missions executed by Firefly Aerospace with ISILAUNCH will provide flight heritage for commercial cislunar technologies.
Innovative Space Logistics and Firefly Aerospace signed a launch services agreement for launch opportunities on multiple Firefly Alpha missions starting 2020.
ISILAUNCH will offer customers multiple dedicated and rideshare launch opportunities on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle beginning in 2020.
ISILAUNCH will offer its customers multiple dedicated and rideshare launch opportunities on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle on missions beginning in 2020.
Firefly will execute rideshare missions with ISILAUNCH that will provide flight heritage to disruptive cislunar technologies being developed by commercial space startups.
Eight vendors—SpaceX, Xbow Launch Systems, Northrop Grumman, Firefly Aerospace, United Launch Alliance, Aevum, VOX Space, and Rocket Lab—were selected to compete for OSP-4 missions to launch small and medium payloads over 180 kg.
Israel Aerospace Industries signed an agreement with Firefly Aerospace to use the Beresheet lander design as the basis for a lander called Genesis that Firefly is offering as part of its NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract.
Firefly Aerospace's CEO Dr. Tom Markusic expressed honor in receiving outstanding submissions that promote STEM globally.