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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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The 2019-06-29 mission was the first of as many as five Electron missions in 2019 contracted by Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2019Rocket Lab launches satellites for Spaceflight

Spaceflight planned to perform as many as 19 launches in 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 29, 2019Rocket Lab launches satellites for Spaceflight

Spaceflight previously purchased a dedicated Falcon 9 mission called SSO-A that launched 64 satellites in December 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 29, 2019Rocket Lab launches satellites for Spaceflight

Firefly aims to enable newspace enterprises and increase economic activity in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

Firefly has opened its doors to youth through the Base 11 Space Challenge.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

Firefly Academy promotes STEM interest among youth.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

Firefly commits a portion of the payload capacity on Alpha’s maiden flight to support and stimulate STEM globally.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

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.

Mentioned as: fireflyTechnical ProductJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

Firefly CEO Dr. Tom Markusic announced a competition for the use of excess capacity of the first Alpha launch.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 17, 2019Firefly Aerospace Provides a DREAM Payload Opportunity

The third-stage issue in the August 2016 Long March 4C failure was confined to the Long March 4C variant developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST).

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2019China suffers Long March 4 failure

Firefly Aerospace plans to begin manufacturing rockets in Texas while constructing a factory in Florida to produce as many as 24 Alpha rockets per year.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative PlanMay 22, 2019An embarrassment of rockets?

The Coalition for Deep Space Exploration and the Commercial Spaceflight Federation support the proposed increase in NASA spending to achieve a human lunar landing in 2024 and call for the White House and Congress to develop an overall budget and plan.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 16, 2019House appropriators take a pass on NASA budget amendment

Firefly Aerospace expected to take possession of a launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, formerly used by the Delta II, in June or July 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 8, 2019Commercial, not government, demand will drive size of small launch vehicle market

Firefly Aerospace planned a first launch of its Alpha launch vehicle in December 2019 under an all-green-light schedule but expected the schedule would probably slip into 2020.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 8, 2019Commercial, not government, demand will drive size of small launch vehicle market

Relativity signed an agreement with Spaceflight on 2019-05-06 for a series of smallsat rideshare launches.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Spaceflight signs contract with Relativity for launches

Relativity signed a Launch Services Agreement with Spaceflight to launch Spaceflight’s dedicated rideshares of small satellites, microsats, and cubesats to Low Earth Orbit on Relativity’s Terran 1 rocket.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2019Relativity Signs Launch Services Agreement for Multiple Launches with Spaceflight on Terran 1, World’s First 3D Printed Rocket

Spaceflight performed a dedicated rideshare mission in December that launched 64 satellites on a single Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 6, 2019Spaceflight signs contract with Relativity for launches

Spaceflight has provided rideshare and integration services for nearly 240 satellites from organizations in 32 countries using 10 different launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductMay 6, 2019Relativity Signs Launch Services Agreement for Multiple Launches with Spaceflight on Terran 1, World’s First 3D Printed Rocket

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation joined forces with ASTM International in 2016 to establish committee F47 to develop consensus standards for commercial spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 26, 2019Independent body proposed to ensure commercial spaceflight safety

Spaceflight had 17 missions planned for 2019, of which two had taken place at the time of the report.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 22, 2019Spaceflight looks to more rideshare missions with fewer satellites per launch
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