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Firefly Aerospace operates the Alpha launch vehicle and is developing the larger MLV rocket while also working on orbital transfer vehicles and lunar landers.
The 19 HALO pool members are Airbus U.S. Space & Defense (Arlington, Virginia); Apex Technology, Inc. (Culver City, California); AST Space Mobile USA LLC (Midland, Texas); Astro Digital, U.S. Inc. (San Jose, California); Capella Space Corp. (San Francisco); CesiumAstro Inc. (Austin, Texas); Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas); Geneva Technologies Inc. (Monument, Colorado); Impulse Space, Inc. (Redondo Beach, California); Kepler Communications U.S. Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware); Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) LLC (Arlington, Virginia); LeoStella LLC (Tukwila, Washington); Momentus Space (San Jose, California); Muon Space, Inc. (Mountain View, California); NovaWurks Inc. (Los Alamitos, California); Space Exploration Technologies Corps. (SpaceX) (Hawthorne, California); Turion Space Corp. (Irvine, California); Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (Irvine, California); and York Space Systems LLC (Denver).
Mandel interned with the Commercial Spaceflight Federation.
Mandel argues for halting human spaceflight to focus on problems on Earth.
The Lunar Pathfinder orbiter, built by SSTL and weighing 280 kilograms, is scheduled to launch in 2026 onboard Firefly’s second lander as part of NASA’s CLPS program.
None of the national laws specifically addresses human spaceflight.
Human spaceflight is a possible area of focus for the EU Space Law.
Firefly supported the U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX mission in September 2023 with a launch conducted following a 24-hour notice.
After receipt of the notice to launch, Firefly will have 24 hours to transport the payload fairing to the pad, mate the fairing to Alpha, fuel the rocket, and launch within the first available window.
True Anomaly will complete development and testing of its Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle at its Denver facility before shipping the vehicle to Firefly Aerospace’s processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Firefly Aerospace launched a Millennium Space satellite for the Victus Nox TacRS mission in September 2023.
True Anomaly and Firefly will remain on call until the U.S. Space Force provides a notice to launch.
On 2024-10-17, True Anomaly selected Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket to launch its Jackal autonomous orbital vehicle for a U.S. Space Force rapid-response demonstration mission.
The first mission under the Firefly–True Anomaly agreement will deploy True Anomaly’s Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command VICTUS HAZE Tactically Responsive Space mission targeted for 2025.
Once the launch order is given, Firefly Aerospace must complete payload integration, rocket fueling, and launch operations within the compressed 24-hour timeframe.
The Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft docked in 1975, marking the first international human spaceflight partnership.
TraCSS is designed to provide modern spaceflight safety solutions by integrating the latest technologies.
The QuickSounder mission will launch from Firefly Aerospace’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
QuickSounder is scheduled to launch on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket in 2026.
Isaacman was the commander of the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-civilian spaceflight to orbit, which took place in September 2021.