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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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The LV0009 launch will be the first in a new multi-launch agreement between Astra and the launch services company Spaceflight announced 2022-03-14.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 14, 2022Astra gears up for next launch, signs Spaceflight contract

Relativity Space’s Terran 1, Firefly’s Alpha, and ABL’s RS1 advertise capabilities to deliver 1,000 kg or more to low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2022Soyuz embargo strands satellites with limited launch options

AE Industrial Partners has reached a definitive agreement to acquire a significant stake in Firefly Aerospace from Noosphere Venture Partners LP.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2022Firefly Aerospace Receives A Significant Financial Stake From AE Industrial Partners

Firefly Aerospace completed the critical design review phase for its Blue Ghost Lunar Lander program and is targeting a launch in late 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanFeb 27, 2022Firefly Aerospace Receives A Significant Financial Stake From AE Industrial Partners

Firefly Aerospace raised Series A financing in May 2021 at a $1,100,000,000 valuation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 27, 2022Firefly Aerospace Receives A Significant Financial Stake From AE Industrial Partners

Firefly Aerospace performed the first launch of Alpha, its flagship launch vehicle, in September 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 27, 2022Firefly Aerospace Receives A Significant Financial Stake From AE Industrial Partners

On 2022-02-16, Max Polyakov posted on Facebook that he was selling his 58% stake in Firefly Aerospace to co-founder Tom Markusic for one U.S. dollar.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2022AE Industrial Partners to acquire stake in Firefly from Noosphere

Firefly Aerospace completed acceptance testing for the upper stage of the second Alpha rocket on 2022-02-17 after previously completing testing of the first stage.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2022AE Industrial Partners to acquire stake in Firefly from Noosphere

Spaceflight plans to launch Sherpa-ES on its GEO Pathfinder rideshare mission no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2022The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

LeoStella, a joint venture of Thales Alenia Space and Spaceflight Inc., builds satellites in Tukwila, Washington.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductFeb 22, 2022Washington state space economy more than doubles

Spaceflight is developing Sherpa-LTC with a high-thrust chemical propulsion subsystem for quick on-orbit maneuvers and Sherpa-ES bi-propellant OTV aimed at placing small satellites anywhere in cislunar space including trans- and low-Lunar orbits and GEO.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductFeb 22, 2022The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

Spaceflight signed multiple new customers for rideshare and launch services in 2021, including GeoJump, Portland State Aerospace Society, SPiN, Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, and Xona Space Systems.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2022The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

Spaceflight achieved the first launch of its Sherpa-FX1 orbital transfer vehicle in January 2021 and launched Sherpa-LTE1 and Sherpa-FX2 on SpaceX Transporter-2 in June 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2022The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

OQ Technology plans to deploy up to six more satellites in 2022 through an agreement with rideshare broker Spaceflight for a constellation of more than 60 spacecraft in total.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductFeb 18, 2022OQ Technology’s “wake-up” patent draws yawn from IoT smallsat rival

CALT has been developing a new-generation launch vehicle for human spaceflight that builds on breakthroughs made for the Long March 5.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2022Starship lookalike among China’s new human spaceflight concepts

Aerospacelab worked with Spaceflight Inc. to send its first satellite, a 12-unit cubesat technology demonstration called Arthur, into orbit on 2022-06-30 aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-2 mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 16, 2022Aerospacelab raises 40 million euros in Series B round

NASA anticipates that current and planned science missions, as well as human spaceflight operations, will see an increase in conjunctions if Starlink Gen 2 is deployed.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 9, 2022NASA outlines concerns about Starlink next-generation constellation in FCC letter

Jim Bridenstine reestablished an American human spaceflight program after the retirement of the Space Shuttles in 2011.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 5, 2022WATCH HERE: Fireside Chat With Mark Dankberg & Jim Bridenstine @ SmallSat Symposium 2022

Astrophysicist and spaceflight analyst Jonathan McDowell’s statistics show SpaceX has launched 2,091 satellites for its low Earth orbit Starlink constellation, including two prototype spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 3, 2022SpaceX launches latest Starlink batch ahead of premium service plan

China’s human spaceflight agency CMSA issued a call for proposals in January 2021 soliciting low-cost cargo transportation solutions for the Chinese space station.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2022China’s Deep Blue Aerospace targets big national, commercial launch opportunities
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