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Virgin Galactic has not conducted a spaceflight since July 2021, when VSS Unity reached space with company founder Richard Branson on board.
Arianespace plans to deploy Spaceflight’s Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles from Vega rockets.
Spaceflight could launch its first Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle on a Vega around the end of 2023 or early 2024.
Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman Corporation entered a joint partnership to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
The compendium recommends updating human spaceflight mishap investigation requirements related to an agreement between the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board signed in September 2022.
GSLV 2022-03-03 vehicles used for commercial customers would be separate from vehicles reserved for Indian government missions, including the Gaganyaan human spaceflight program.
Firefly and Northrop Grumman Corporation joined forces to provide an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and to develop a new medium launch vehicle for commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.
Firefly is the first and only U.S. commercial space company with a rocket ready to take customers to space in the 1,400 kg payload lift class.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket lifted off 2022-10-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the vehicle’s second flight.
Firefly Aerospace performed its first successful orbital launch on 2022-10-01, just hours after the Space Force awarded a $17,600,000 contract for TacRS-3.
The contract for the Victus Nox mission was awarded on 2022-09-30 to launch services provider Firefly Aerospace and satellite manufacturer Millennium Space.
Firefly Aerospace completed its first successful orbital flight with Alpha Flight 2, which launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-10-01.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle is designed to provide affordable, rapid access to space.
Firefly is completing the Acceptance Testing Protocol for its Alpha 3 vehicle in preparation for the NASA VCLS Demo 2-FB ELaNa 43 launch.
Firefly is scheduled to conduct six Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2023 and 12 Alpha launches in 2024.
Firefly currently launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and plans to also launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
The U.S. Space Force awarded Firefly a $17,600,000 contract for the 2023 Tactically Responsive Space TacRS-3 mission.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle reached orbit for the first time on 2022-10-01.
The TacRS-3 contract requires Firefly to be given 24 hours’ notice to launch a Millennium Space small satellite to low Earth orbit.
The upgraded Antares 330 will use seven Firefly Miranda engines.