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Firefly Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Spaceflight Inc. operates manufacturing and payload processing facilities in Bellevue, Washington that include clean rooms, environmental testing capabilities, and large high bays for concurrent spacecraft production.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Org RelationshipJun 9, 2023Firefly Aerospace Announces the Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Strengthen On-Orbit Services

Spaceflight Inc. operates manufacturing and payload processing facilities in Bellevue, Washington that include clean rooms, environmental testing capabilities, and large high bays for concurrent spacecraft production.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Org RelationshipJun 9, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

Spaceflight operates manufacturing and payload processing facilities in Bellevue, Washington that include state-of-the-art clean rooms, environmental testing capabilities, and large high bays for concurrent spacecraft production.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipJun 9, 2023Firefly acquires Spaceflight to boost On-Orbit Services

Spaceflight Inc. operates manufacturing and payload processing facilities in Bellevue, Washington that include state-of-the-art clean rooms, environmental testing capabilities, and large high bays for concurrent spacecraft production.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Org RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace Announces Strategic Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Bolster On-Orbit Services

Spaceflight Inc. developed a series of orbital transfer vehicles called Sherpa that use a mix of chemical and electric propulsion systems.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

Firefly plans to retain Spaceflight’s payload processing facility in Bellevue, Washington and use it to manufacture orbital transfer vehicles.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

The Antares first-stage vehicle developed with Firefly engines is designated MLV and is intended to be offered to the Space Force for National Security Space Launch Phase 3.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

AE Industrial Partners led a $75,000,000 funding round in Firefly Aerospace in March 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

Firefly Aerospace partnered with Northrop Grumman in August 2022 to develop a new first stage for Northrop’s Antares rocket using engines Firefly is developing.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

AE Industrial Partners acquired Firefly Aerospace in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

A second Commercial Lunar Payload Services award to Firefly will deploy a spacecraft in lunar orbit and land on the far side of the moon in 2026.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

Firefly Aerospace acquired Spaceflight Inc. on 2023-06-08.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace Announces Strategic Acquisition of Spaceflight Inc. to Bolster On-Orbit Services

Firefly Aerospace acquired Spaceflight Inc. on 2023-06-08.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2023Firefly Aerospace acquires Spaceflight Inc.

Northrop Grumman entered a partnership with Firefly Aerospace announced in August 2024 to produce a new Antares first stage using engines under development by Firefly.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 5, 2023Falcon 9 launches cargo Dragon to space station with new solar arrays

Parallel Flight's USA built flagship aircraft, the 122 kg MTOW Firefly, is recognized as a heavy-lift workhorse.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 26, 2023Parallel Flight Technologies Inks with India’s UAV Systems

The Firefly drone can carry a 45 kg payload for up to 1.6 hours using Parallel Flight’s proprietary Parallel Hybrid Electric Multirotor technology.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 26, 2023Parallel Flight Technologies Inks with India’s UAV Systems

Vast-1 is the first human spaceflight mission to Haven-1 and will use a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanMay 11, 2023VAST Announces their Plan to Launch World’s First Commercial Space Station

Vast-1 is the first human spaceflight mission to Haven-1 and will use a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanMay 10, 2023Haven-1 commercial space station + Haven-1 mission revealed by Vast along with SpaceX involvement

Virgin Galactic planned to perform the first spaceflight in nearly two years by its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle VSS Unity in 2024-05-31 from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2023Virgin Galactic looks ahead to future spaceplanes as it gears up for return to space

NewSpace Systems GPS receivers are 12-channel, hardware-based receivers that utilize a well-established GPS chipset with a history of spaceflight by multiple organizations.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 27, 2023NewSpace Systems Pioneering Areas of Guidance, Navigation and Control Products in Space
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