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Firefly Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Firefly intends to work with Northrop Grumman on how to meet national security space requirements for NSSL Phase 3.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2022After successful first launch, Firefly sets sight on national security market

The upgraded Antares 330 will use seven Firefly Miranda engines.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanOct 5, 2022After successful first launch, Firefly sets sight on national security market

Spaceflight Inc.’s Sherpa-LTC2 tug launched 2022-09-04 as a rideshare payload on a Falcon 9 that also carried 51 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 5, 2022Sherpa tug starts raising orbit more than a month after launch

The U.S. Space Force awarded Firefly a $17,600,000 contract for the 2023 Tactically Responsive Space TacRS-3 mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2022After successful first launch, Firefly sets sight on national security market

Firefly is completing the Acceptance Testing Protocol for its Alpha 3 vehicle in preparation for the NASA VCLS Demo 2-FB ELaNa 43 launch.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 4, 2022Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads

Firefly Aerospace is the first company to launch and reach orbit from U.S. soil in only its second attempt.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 4, 2022Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads

Firefly is scheduled for six Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2023 and 12 Alpha launches in 2024.

Mentioned as: fireflyTechnical ProductOct 4, 2022Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads

Firefly is the first U.S. commercial space company with a rocket ready to take customers to space in the 1,300 kg payload lift class.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 4, 2022Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit as the Alpha rocket deploys customer payloads

Firefly Aerospace became the first company to launch and reach orbit from US soil in only its second attempt.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 3, 2022Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace is completing the Acceptance Testing Protocol for its Alpha 3 vehicle in preparation for the NASA VCLS Demo 2-FB ELaNa 43 launch.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 3, 2022Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace is scheduled for 12 Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 3, 2022Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle is designed to provide affordable, rapid access to space.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 3, 2022U.S. Space Force Selects Firefly Aerospace for ‘Rapid Space’ VICTUS NOX Mission

Firefly Aerospace is scheduled for six Alpha launches to carry customer payloads in 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 3, 2022Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace is the first and only US commercial space company with a rocket ready to take customers to space in the 1,300 kg payload lift class.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 3, 2022Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha Flight 2 mission successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-10-01.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 3, 2022U.S. Space Force Selects Firefly Aerospace for ‘Rapid Space’ VICTUS NOX Mission

Firefly projected up to six launches in 2023 and was setting up production at its Texas factory to support that launch rate.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductOct 1, 2022Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second launch

Peter Schumacher stated in July 2023 that Firefly would perform one more Alpha launch in 2023 if the second launch was successful, carrying NASA-sponsored cubesats through a Venture Class Launch Services contract won in December 2020.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2022Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second launch

Firefly Aerospace labeled the 2022-10-01 Alpha flight as a 100% mission success.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 1, 2022Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit on second launch

Firefly Space Transport Services and Millennium Space Systems won contracts for the TacRS-3 mission, a space domain awareness small satellite projected to launch in 2023.

Mentioned as: firefly space transport servicesTechnical ProductOct 1, 2022Firefly, Millennium Space selected for U.S. Space Force rapid-launch demonstration

Firefly’s Alpha performed its first successful orbital launch overnight on 2022-10-01 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending three small satellites to low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 1, 2022Firefly, Millennium Space selected for U.S. Space Force rapid-launch demonstration
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