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On 2018-05-01 the United States Air Force issued a "Statement of Support for the Firefly Aerospace Program, Alpha and Beta Launch Vehicles" to utilize Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 West for future launches of the Firefly Alpha and Beta launch vehicles.
Firefly Alpha and Beta launch vehicles are planned to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 West.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed a launch services agreement with Firefly Aerospace covering up to six launches of SSTL payloads on the Firefly Alpha between 2020 and 2022.
Firefly is hosting a global competition to allow academic and educational payloads on the inaugural flight of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle free of charge.
Firefly Aerospace is building a rocket called Firefly Alpha that is intended to launch 630 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
Final acceptance of Firefly Alpha’s first and second stages will take place over the next several months at Firefly’s test facilities in Briggs, Texas, with hardware deployments to Vandenberg planned for 2020-06-05.
Firefly Aerospace is completing a conversion of Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base to support Firefly Alpha operations.
Firefly Aerospace plans a block upgrade to increase Alpha's Low Earth Orbit payload capacity to 1,300 kg.
Adaptive Launch Solutions is the launch service provider for Firefly Alpha Flights 2 and 3 planned for launch in 2021.
Firefly’s Alpha performed its first successful orbital launch overnight on 2022-10-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending three small satellites to low Earth orbit.
The three Firefly Alpha missions for L3Harris will launch from SLC-2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The three Firefly Alpha missions for L3Harris are planned to launch from Space Launch Complex SLC-2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to launch a small satellite aboard Firefly’s Alpha vehicle.
Millennium Space produced a satellite for the Victus Nox mission that launched aboard a Firefly Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California in September 2023.