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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Firefly’s Alpha Flight 2 mission is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2022-09-19.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 14, 2022NASA Selects Firefly as a Launch Provider for Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) Missions

Spaceflight plans a mid-2023 orbital transfer vehicle mission to launch Sherpa-ES, a bipropellant high delta-V OTV, aboard the GEO Pathfinder lunar slingshot mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 13, 2022Spaceflight Partners with NewSpace India to Launch Astrocast IoT Constellation to Orbit

Spaceflight completed inaugural launches of its Sherpa-AC and Sherpa-LTC vehicles in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2022Spaceflight Partners with NewSpace India to Launch Astrocast IoT Constellation to Orbit

Spaceflight and Astrocast partnered to launch five additional nanosatellites on SpaceX Transporter-1 in January 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 13, 2022Spaceflight Partners with NewSpace India to Launch Astrocast IoT Constellation to Orbit

Spaceflight previously launched all 12 of Astrocast’s spacecraft into orbit, including demonstration models from the SSO-A mission in 2018 and PSLV-C45 in 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 13, 2022Spaceflight Partners with NewSpace India to Launch Astrocast IoT Constellation to Orbit

Spaceflight completed inaugural launches of its Sherpa-AC and Sherpa-LTC orbital transfer vehicles in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

Spaceflight and Astrocast partnered to launch an additional five smallsats on SpaceX Transporter-1 in January 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

Spaceflight plans a mid-2023 orbital transfer vehicle mission to launch Sherpa-ES, a bipropellant high delta-V OTV, aboard the GEO Pathfinder lunar slingshot mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

Spaceflight previously launched all 12 of Astrocast’s spacecraft into orbit, including demonstration models launched on the SSO-A mission in 2018 and PSLV-C45 in 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

Astrocast extended its multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight in March 2022 to accommodate its expanding IoT constellation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

After this PSLV mission is complete, Spaceflight will have launched 16 spacecraft to the Astrocast constellation.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2022Spaceflight books Astrocast smallsats for launch to SSO via NewSpace India’s PSLV launch vehicle

SiFive has been selected by NASA to provide the core CPU for NASA’s next-generation High-Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) processor.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 12, 2022NASA Selects SiFive to Provide Core CPU for HPSC Processor

Two of the Yaogan-35 satellites in the fifth batch were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and the third was provided by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST).

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 6, 2022China performs two launches inside two hours

Firefly Aerospace has scheduled the second launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base for 2022-09-11.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 2, 2022New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace

The Firefly–Northrop Grumman collaboration will provide American-built engines to replace the Russian-made RD-181 engines.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanSep 2, 2022New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace

Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium-lift launch vehicle to serve commercial, civil, and national security space launch markets.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 2, 2022New CEO named by Firefly Aerospace

Bill Weber became Chief Executive Officer of Firefly Aerospace effective 2022-09-01.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 1, 2022Firefly Aerospace Names Bill Weber as CEO

Firefly Aerospace scheduled the second launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base for 2022-09-11.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 1, 2022Firefly Aerospace Names Bill Weber as CEO

Firefly Aerospace partnered with Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop an American-built first-stage upgrade for the Antares rocket and a new medium-lift launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2022Firefly Aerospace Names Bill Weber as CEO

Firefly Aerospace completed a static-fire test of Alpha rocket’s first stage and planned a launch for 2023-09-11, from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 1, 2022Firefly hires new CEO ahead of second launch
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