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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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The X Prize Foundation began more than 25 years ago with a $10,000,000 prize for suborbital human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialJun 24, 2022X Prize Foundation studying active debris removal competition

Firefly Aerospace is developing the Blue Ghost lunar lander to fly a mission for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program in 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2022Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO

Spaceflight Inc. contracted launch and integration services from ISILAUNCH on behalf of Kleos for the KSF3 mission.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Org RelationshipJun 16, 2022Kleos’ fourth cluster manifest to launch on the next SpaceX Transporter Mission

AE Industrial Partners led Firefly Aerospace’s $75,000,000 Series B funding round in March.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2022Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO

Italian firms D-Orbit and GAUSS, along with U.S. companies Momentus, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, and Spaceflight Inc. have developed orbital transfer vehicles.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2022Euroconsult anticipates growing demand for last-mile logistics

Firefly Aerospace announced on 2022-06-15 that Tom Markusic will step down as chief executive and assume the role of chief technical advisor effective 2022-06-16.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2022Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO

Seven additional companies, including Atomos, Exotrail, Firefly Aerospace, Launcher, Space Machines, Exolaunch, and Impulse Space, are preparing to enter the market with initial flights scheduled in the next three years.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 16, 2022Euroconsult anticipates growing demand for last-mile logistics

AE Industrial Partners is a private equity firm that agreed to acquire a significant stake in Firefly Aerospace from Noosphere Venture Partners.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 16, 2022Firefly co-founder Markusic to step down as CEO

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation accepted the request to host a scientific workshop on creating the HRP.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 15, 2022Op-ed | Protecting the Health, Safety, and Comfort Of Civilians in the Commercialization of Space

Spaceflight Inc.'s Sherpa LTE launched in June 2021 and used an electric propulsion system to execute maneuvers and change altitudes while operating under a customer's direction.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 15, 2022D-Orbit charts ambitious course for space logistics business

Sierra Space announced on 2022-06-14 that it is opening a commercial human spaceflight training center and astronaut training academy at its offices at the Kennedy Space Center.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2022Sierra Space to start astronaut training program

Kleos’ KSF3 mission was originally booked with Spaceflight Inc. for a mid-2022 launch but was moved to SpaceX’s Transporter-6 and will deploy from an ISILAUNCH integrated port after Spaceflight encountered a vibration issue with their original deployment method.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 14, 2022Kleos’ fourth cluster manifest to launch on the next SpaceX transporter mission

Spaceflight Inc. contracted ISILAUNCH to provide launch and integration services for Kleos' Observer Mission on behalf of Kleos Space.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductJun 14, 2022Kleos’ fourth cluster manifest to launch on the next SpaceX transporter mission

NSLComm plans a satellite mission 2022 to further test the antenna technology in spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJun 9, 2022Dunmore Aerospace collaborates with NSLComm to develop a new + expandable satellite antenna

Shenzhou-5 completed China’s first human spaceflight mission in October 2003.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJun 5, 2022Shenzhou-14 crewed mission arrives at Chinese space station

Blue Origin completed its fifth human spaceflight and the 21st flight for the New Shepard program on 2022-06-04.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJun 4, 2022Blue Origin Successfully Completes 21st Mission

China approved Project 921 to develop human spaceflight capabilities in 1992, which first envisioned the Chinese space station.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 31, 2022Rocket to launch China’s next space station module arrives at launch center

Spaceflight successfully delivered all five customer payloads on Transporter 5, including two hosted payloads deployed from a Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle, to their desired orbital destinations.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 30, 2022Spaceflight launches five customer payloads aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission and debuts the firm’s latest OTV — Sherpa-AC

Sherpa-LTC is Spaceflight’s first chemical-propulsion orbital transfer vehicle and was scheduled to launch later in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 30, 2022Spaceflight launches five customer payloads aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission and debuts the firm’s latest OTV — Sherpa-AC

Sherpa-AC is one of two Sherpa OTV variations that Spaceflight planned to debut in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 30, 2022Spaceflight launches five customer payloads aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-5 mission and debuts the firm’s latest OTV — Sherpa-AC
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