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Fly the Lightning

fully commercial rocket

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Payloads
1 Assets
Assets deployed on this mission
Tyvak-1015 (TANTRUM)
retired
Launch Details

Launch Date

12/22/2023

Launch Site

Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

, US

Launch Vehicle

Firefly Alpha (Alpha Family)

Mission Stats
Orbit
N/A
Operator
Unknown
Price (Est)
Secret
Payload Count
1
Entity Mentions
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Lockheed Martin invested its own resources to develop the Tantrum payload from early architecture to a flight-ready product in 24 months.

Mentioned as: TantrumSourceNov 28, 2023

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22 and a daily 20-minute launch window opening at 9:18 am PST.

Mentioned as: Fly the LightningSourceDec 19, 2023

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission was prepared to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22.

Mentioned as: Fly the LightningSourceDec 18, 2023