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Firefly Aerospace confirmed about 12 hours after launch that Alpha’s stage 2 engine relight malfunctioned and did not deliver the payload to its precise target orbit.
Firefly Aerospace launched an Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California three days before Christmas.
The FAA established a group to generate formal commercial spaceflight standards after the RAND report.
The FAA and RAND Corporation reported they had gathered enough information to begin making regulations for the safety of commercial spaceflight participants by 2023.
Elytra was designed and built in-house at Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly Aerospace will host the Klepsydra Artificial Intelligence application on Firefly’s Elytra vehicle that will launch aboard Alpha later 2024.
Victus Haze is part of the Space Force’s effort to develop more agile space systems similar to the Victus Nox mission that launched in September on a Firefly rocket.
SpaceX will launch Haven-1, followed by two human spaceflight missions to the Haven-1 space station.
Elytra will launch aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket later in 2024.
TraCSS will support spaceflight safety and sustainability.
Both Yaogan-42 (02) and its Long March 2D launcher were developed and provided by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology, a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.
The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology plans to launch a new 3.8-meter-diameter Long March 12 vehicle during 2024.
The Air Force Institute of Technology is conducting research to advance human spaceflight recovery policy and guidance.
China is developing the Long March 10 rocket for human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit and plans to send its first astronauts to the lunar surface before 2030 using two Long March 10 launches.
The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), a manufacturer subordinate to CASC, plans to launch the first Long March 6C later 2024 using the Long March 6A core stage without solid boosters.
Firefly is preparing a responsive on-orbit Elytra mission for the National Reconnaissance Office that will launch aboard Alpha later 2024.
Firefly’s first Elytra Dark demonstration mission to xGEO is planned to be completed within 18 months of receiving approval to proceed.
Firefly operates launch, lunar, and orbital vehicles designed to provide regular, responsive access beyond geosynchronous orbit.
Firefly’s Elytra vehicles are intended to support missions in the region from geosynchronous orbit to the Moon and beyond.
Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a trade study on Firefly’s capabilities to rapidly launch Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond geosynchronous orbit (xGEO).