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Spaceflight Industries procured the 2018-12-03 Falcon 9 launch.
The Spaceflight mission was originally slated to launch in the second half of 2017 with more than 20 satellites before slipping and expanding.
Spaceflight purchased the Falcon 9 mission in 2015.
Spaceflight provides operators with an initial state vector and deployment time for each payload and worked with the Combined Space Operations Center for nine months on the SSO-A mission to assist with rapid identification and tracking.
The Falcon 9 flying the SSO-A mission for Spaceflight Industries is scheduled to launch on 2018-12-03 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace is studying development of an orbit transfer vehicle using solar electric propulsion to raise satellite orbits.
Virgin Orbit, Vector, and Firefly Aerospace are participating in or pursuing opportunities in the DARPA Launch Challenge, which requires competitors to launch two payloads on short notice from two different launch sites.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was scheduled to launch 64 small satellites on the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base but the mission was stood down for additional inspections and postponed for at least a week.
SpaceX’s remaining 2018 missions, all using Falcon 9 rockets, include Spaceflight Inc.’s SmallSat Express, the U.S. Air Force’s first GPS 3 satellite, NASA’s CRS-16 resupply mission to the International Space Station, and the final 10 Iridium Next satellites for Iridium.
Firefly CEO Dr. Tom Markusic stated that Deborah Lee James' national security experience will help the company serve future defense customers.
Current Advisory Board members of Firefly Aerospace include Jeff Bingham, Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., George Nield, and William F. Readdy.
Deborah Lee James expressed excitement about serving on the advisory board of Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is a developer of orbital launch vehicles for the small to medium satellite market.
The advisory board members of Firefly Aerospace act as ambassadors and advocates and provide consultation and strategic analysis.
Deborah Lee James has been added to the advisory board of Firefly Aerospace, Inc.
Jeanette Epps was a member of NASA’s 2009 astronaut class and the planned 2018 mission would have been her first spaceflight.
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation supports expanding public-private partnerships, acquisition reform, increased strategic investments, and enhanced innovation to expand U.S. leadership in space.
The MOU between Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems is intended to provide one-stop shopping with York manufacturing the satellites and Firefly providing launch services.
Firefly Aerospace will provide York Space Systems’ customers with pre-configured launch solutions intended to reduce historically long launch campaign timelines.
Firefly Aerospace and York Space Systems will formulate an integrated market offering that includes spacecraft, launch, and a downlink provider to give customers a single point of entry to build space-based businesses.