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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Space Florida will match Firefly Aerospace’s infrastructure investments up to $18,900,000 via the Florida Department of Transportation Spaceport Improvement Program.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialFeb 22, 2019Firefly Aerospace Announces Mass Production Facility and Cape Canaveral Launch Site

Firefly Aerospace will invest $52,000,000 in its Florida operations.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2019Firefly Aerospace Announces Mass Production Facility and Cape Canaveral Launch Site

Firefly Aerospace executed a binding term sheet with Space Florida to establish business operations at Cape Canaveral Spaceport, including launch operations at Space Launch Complex 20 and manufacturing facilities at Exploration Park, Florida.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2019Firefly Aerospace Announces Mass Production Facility and Cape Canaveral Launch Site

SSL worked with Spaceflight Inc., which secured two rideshares that will launch with Nusantara Satu.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

LeoStella will be responsible for building the BlackSky constellation after the first four satellites that Spaceflight built.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2019LeoStella looks for more customers as it opens satellite factory

Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight announced the LeoStella joint venture in March 2018 as part of a $150,000,000 Series C investment round for Spaceflight to support development of the BlackSky constellation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 17, 2019LeoStella looks for more customers as it opens satellite factory

This Falcon 9 mission is Spaceflight’s first mission to deliver payloads to geostationary orbit and beyond.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 15, 2019Air Force smallsat to fly on upcoming Falcon 9 launch

Spaceflight entered a launch services agreement with Vector on 2019-02-06 under which Spaceflight will buy a launch of a Vector-R rocket scheduled for later 2019 and hold multiple priced options for future launches.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 7, 2019Small launch vehicle companies see rideshare as an opportunity and a threat

Spaceflight purchased a SpaceX Falcon 9 that, in December, launched 64 satellites for a variety of customers.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 7, 2019Small launch vehicle companies see rideshare as an opportunity and a threat

Jim Cantrell, chief executive of Vector, does not intend for Vector to become an expert in the rideshare business and chose to work with Spaceflight because of the rideshare sector's complexity.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductFeb 7, 2019Small launch vehicle companies see rideshare as an opportunity and a threat

Spaceflight has an agreement with Rocket Lab to fly payloads on three Electron launches that were scheduled for late 2018 and early 2019 but have not taken place yet.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 7, 2019Small launch vehicle companies see rideshare as an opportunity and a threat

Blue Origin shipped a propulsion module rated for human spaceflight to its West Texas test site in late 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJan 23, 2019New Shepard carries research payloads on latest suborbital test flight

Selection for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program enables Firefly Aerospace to compete for task orders worth up to $2,600,000,000 over 10 years to deliver payloads to the moon.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceTechnical ProductJan 8, 2019Firefly investor Noosphere Ventures eyes satellite manufacturing sector

The Firefly–Spaceflight partnership will provide heritage aerospace companies and NewSpace entrepreneurs access to low Earth orbit and the launch capability required to execute their business plans.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductDec 20, 2018Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Brokerage Agreement with Spaceflight

Firefly Aerospace executed a Launch and Brokerage Services Agreement with Spaceflight on 2018-12-20.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2018Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Brokerage Agreement with Spaceflight

Three newest SpaceBee satellites launched on 2018-12-03 on a Falcon 9 rocket along with 61 other small satellites as part of a dedicated rideshare mission booked through Seattle-based Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2018FCC fines Swarm $900,000 for unauthorized smallsat launch

Spaceflight launched its first dedicated rideshare mission, SSO-A, by buying a Falcon 9 and using it to launch 64 smallsats for a variety of customers.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 19, 2018New contracts demonstrate continued strong demand for smallsat rideshare launch services

Spaceflight Industries contracted with Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on 2018-12-18 to launch the Amazonia-1 Earth observation satellite on a PSLV in mid-2020.

Mentioned as: spaceflight industriesTechnical ProductDec 19, 2018New contracts demonstrate continued strong demand for smallsat rideshare launch services

The NS-10 flight will use the same propulsion module and crew capsule as the 2018-07-18 flight and is intended to be a more standard suborbital spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanDec 17, 2018Blue Origin gearing up for next New Shepard test flight

Venture Class Launch Services contracts in 2015 were also awarded to Firefly Space Systems and Virgin Galactic.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 16, 2018Rocket Lab launches cubesats for NASA
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