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Earlier Chinese satellite internet test satellites launched in 2023 were developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) and the Innovation Academy for Microsatellites (IAMCAS) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Firefly planned to increase the Alpha flight rate with at least four missions scheduled for 2024 and six planned for 2025.
Firefly launched the Victus Nox responsive space demonstration for the U.S. Space Force successfully three months before the 2023-12-22 launch.
Firefly is developing a first stage for Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 that will also be used on a new launch vehicle called MLV.
Firefly is working on new production facilities capable of building up to 24 Alpha rockets per year.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission is prepared to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22, depending on local weather.
Fly the Lightning will launch from Firefly’s SLC-2 complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Fly the Lightning will launch from Firefly’s SLC-2 complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22 and a daily 20-minute launch window opening at 9:18 am PST.
Infinity Fuel Cell in Windsor, Connecticut developed a regenerative technology to provide energy storage for spaceflight applications that is funded by a NASA Tipping Point award through NASA’s Game Changing Development program and flew on NS-23.
The FAA would handle in-space activities involving human spaceflight according to the White House proposal.
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation argued that the White House's mission authorization proposal ignored industry feedback received in listening sessions.
Fly the Lightning will launch from Firefly’s SLC-2 complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission was prepared to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22.
European Spaceflight reported on 2023-12-04 that two tanks built for the final Avum upper stage went missing from an Italian factory used by Avio during a renovation of that facility.
A variant of Fleet’s Exosphere technology called SPIDER will be deployed on the Moon by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2026 to search for water ice deposits and deliver subsurface insight about the lunar regolith.
The 14 companies selected for LunA-10 are Blue Origin, CisLunar Industries, Crescent Space Services LLC, Fibertek, Inc., Firefly Aerospace, GITAI, Helios, Honeybee Robotics, ICON, Nokia of America, Northrop Grumman, Redwire Corporation, Sierra Space, and SpaceX.
Firefly's contribution to LunA-10 will include a framework for an aggregated hub of on-orbit spacecraft that dock together and offer on-demand services to both visiting and dispersed spacecraft across cislunar space.
Firefly Aerospace has been selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
Firefly's Elytra vehicles can be rapidly deployed aboard Firefly launch vehicles and docked together to provide more robust on-orbit services for government and commercial customers.