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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Firefly Aerospace’s medium-lift rocket is being designed to support the requirements of the U.S. Space Force National Security Space Launch Phase 3.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

Lane 1 of NSSL Phase 3 will seek bids for less-demanding missions to low Earth orbit and is intended to attract new entrants such as Rocket Lab, Firefly Aerospace, and Relativity Space.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

Firefly Aerospace has built development hardware and is conducting testing for the MLV propellant tank ahead of a structure critical design review planned in May.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

Northrop Grumman will build the Antares 330 with a first stage powered by seven Firefly-made Miranda engines.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

The partnership between Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman was first established in August to build an all-American version of Northrop’s Antares rocket.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

The S993 provides high-capacity, non-volatile Flash memory for reliable data storage in both in-orbit spaceflight and downlink communications.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Aitech Introduces New Radiation-Tolerant 1Tb Memory Card

Firefly Aerospace is developing a medium-lift rocket with Northrop Grumman that is projected to launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 19, 2023With a new medium rocket, Firefly plans to compete for national security launches

"Revolution Space" called on Europe to develop its own human spaceflight capabilities, including launching astronauts to low Earth orbit and the moon.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductApr 18, 2023ESA working on human spaceflight scenarios for European space summit

ESA will seek political support, but not funding, for future human spaceflight programs recommended by a high-level advisory group in a report released 2023-03-23 titled "Revolution Space."

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 18, 2023ESA working on human spaceflight scenarios for European space summit

The Space Force awarded contracts in August to Millennium, a Boeing company, to produce Victus Nox and to Firefly Aerospace to launch the spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2023Crunchtime ahead for Victus Nox

Through the Tactically Responsive Space-3 mission, the U.S. Space Force is preparing to launch a Millennium-built satellite on a Firefly Aerospace rocket.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 17, 2023Options for achieving Tactically Responsive Space

Northrop Grumman announced a partnership with Firefly Aerospace in August 2022 to develop a new first stage for Antares.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 11, 2023Rocket Lab shifts NASA cubesat launches from Virginia to New Zealand

The 2023-03-14 CRS-27 mission also carried a Department of Defense payload, STP-H9, that includes eight spaceflight experiments.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 11, 2023Aegis Aerospace celebrates commercial + DoD payloads in space

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 established a moratorium on the FAA’s ability to enact safety regulations for spaceflight participants.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2023Report recommends allowing “learning period” for commercial human spaceflight safety regulations to expire

Jeremy Hansen will be making his first spaceflight on Artemis 2 and is slated to be the first non-American to travel to the vicinity of the moon when the mission launches as soon as late 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanApr 10, 2023Canada proposes to develop robotic lunar rover for Artemis

China’s Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) launched a CZ-2D at 1050 UTC on 2023-03-30 placing four radar satellites into a 497 x 512 km, 97.4° inclination sun-synchronous orbit with 18:00 LTDN.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2023China launches 4 InSAR satellites and new Yaogan reconnaissance sat

Since establishing the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate in September 2021, NASA has assessed and aligned its two human spaceflight organizations while remaining focused on Artemis, International Space Station operations, commercial crew, and commercial cargo.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 30, 2023NASA moves forward with new Moon to Mars Program Office and the agency’s head of office

Lunar Pathfinder, a spacecraft being built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the Moonlight program, will launch in 2026 as part of a CLPS mission awarded to Firefly Aerospace on 2023-03-14.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 29, 2023Lockheed Martin subsidiary to offer commercial lunar communications and navigation services

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket failed on its first launch in September 2021 and reached orbit on its second launch a little more than a year later.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 28, 2023Isar Aerospace raises $165 million as it gears up for first launch

Isar Aerospace has a 2023-01-25 agreement with Spaceflight Inc. for one dedicated Spectrum launch and an option for a second launch.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductMar 28, 2023Isar Aerospace raises $165 million as it gears up for first launch
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