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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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The Firefly–Northrop Grumman collaboration will provide American-built engines to replace Russian-made RD-181 engines.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanSep 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

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

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. acquired Spaceflight, Inc., a U.S. satellite rideshare service provider, in 2020.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 29, 2022ATLAS Space Operations secures $26M in Series B Funding led by Mitsui

Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer and spaceflight analyst, estimates that nearly two-thirds of the 4,408 satellites SpaceX has permission to deploy in Ku-band and Ka-band are currently in orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 26, 2022US appeals court upholds Starlink deployment change

Kayhan Space's roadmap includes a spaceflight safety software solution that covers the full mission lifecycle, from launch to deorbiting.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 23, 2022Kayhan Space unveils their nexgen spaceflight safety platform

Firefly worked with the FAA and another company on an improved debris model for composite rockets that was nearing final approval in mid-2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 19, 2022Big plans for mini-launchers

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

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 19, 2022Big plans for mini-launchers

Astra’s first Spacecraft Engine reached orbit on 2021-06-30 aboard Spaceflight’s Sherpa-LTE on the Sherpa-LTE1 SXRS-5 mission.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductAug 18, 2022On-Orbit Validation of the Astra Spacecraft Engine™

Northrop Grumman and Firefly Aerospace will develop a fully domestic version of the Antares rocket called Antares 330 for Cygnus space station commercial resupply services.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductAug 17, 2022Northrop Grumman Teams with Firefly Aerospace to Develop Antares Rocket Upgrade and New Medium Launch Vehicle

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Firefly Aerospace have partnered 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.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 17, 2022Northrop Grumman Teams with Firefly Aerospace to Develop Antares Rocket Upgrade and New Medium Launch Vehicle

In 2021, Orbit Fab deployed an on-orbit refueling vehicle equipped with Scout Space’s spaceflight vision system.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductAug 16, 2022Orion Space wins U.S. Space Force contract for on-orbit services experiment

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory selected Microchip Technology Inc. to develop a High-Performance Spaceflight Computing processor.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 15, 2022NASA awards nexgen spaceflight computing processor contract

Astro Digital designed and built the Varuna-TDM payload and booked the launch from Spaceflight on behalf of Boeing.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2022Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch

Spaceflight reached an agreement on 2022-08-08 to access Arianespace Vega launch vehicles through Italy’s SAB Launch Services for future space tug launches.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2022Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch

Spaceflight debuted Sherpa-AC, a version for hosting payloads with attitude control, on SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission in May 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2022Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch

Spaceflight shipped its Sherpa-LTC2 orbital transfer vehicle to Cape Canaveral, Florida on 2022-08-10.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductAug 11, 2022Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch

Spaceflight and SAB Launch Services are partnering to offer customers access to shared integration and storage facilities across Europe and the United States.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductAug 11, 2022Spaceflight’s chemically powered space tug heads for launch

In 2019, NASA selected Maxar to build and perform a spaceflight demonstration of the lunar Gateway’s power and propulsion element.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2022Maxar’s satellite business looks to gain foothold in defense market

Northrop Grumman is partnering with Firefly Aerospace to build a new version of the Antares rocket without Russian-made engines.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipAug 9, 2022Northrop ties up with Firefly to replace Antares’ Russian engines
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