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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. has been selected by the National Reconnaissance Office to serve as a launch provider with its Alpha rocket.
Firefly Aerospace will support a responsive on-orbit mission for the National Reconnaissance Office onboard its Elytra vehicle in 2024.
Firefly's Alpha rocket is capable of lifting more than 1,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Firefly Aerospace has minimized launch costs and increased reliability by utilizing robust in-house manufacturing capabilities and sharing components across its vehicles.
Firefly Aerospace leverages innovative technologies such as carbon composite sandwich structures and patented tap-off cycle propulsion systems.
Firefly’s next Alpha launch for NASA is on track for early 2024.
Firefly Aerospace has doubled the size of its facilities to support the increased demand for Alpha launches.
Firefly Aerospace has implemented automated carbon composite technologies to enhance its manufacturing process.
Northrop Grumman is working with Firefly Aerospace to replace the Ukrainian-built Antares first stage powered by Russian engines with a stage developed by Firefly using its own engines.
Northrop Grumman plans to launch at least three Cygnus missions on Falcon 9 rockets while developing a new Antares first stage with Firefly Aerospace.
The Human Research Program for Civilians in Spaceflight and Space Habitation (HRP-C) aims to collect medical data from spaceflight participants.
The United States commercial spaceflight operates under an 'informed consent' regime for prospective private astronauts.
The contract qualifies Firefly’s Alpha rocket to launch satellites for the NRO from both Vandenberg Space Force Base and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
On 2024-01-25, Firefly Aerospace was selected by the National Reconnaissance Office to serve as a launch provider with its Alpha rocket.
Firefly will support a responsive on-orbit mission for the National Reconnaissance Office onboard its Elytra vehicle in 2024.
Firefly Aerospace launched an Alpha rocket that placed its payload into orbit, but not the desired orbit due to an upper stage malfunction.
The U.S. Space Force launched a small satellite on a Firefly Alpha rocket 27 hours after receiving launch orders in a demonstration of responsive launch.
Fleet Space Technologies plans to deliver lunar seismic technology to the Moon in 2026 onboard Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.
The companies selected under REMIS-2 will provide spaceflight, ground hardware and software, sustaining engineering functions and services, payload facility integration, and research mission integration operations services.
The June 2023 summit meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Joe Biden included a commitment to develop a strategic framework for human spaceflight cooperation to be completed by the end of 2023 and to train Indian astronauts at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.