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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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China’s human spaceflight agency (CMSA), the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center (BACC), and China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC) have been working to establish the Tiangong space station and gain experience in long-term crewed missions in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNoiseDec 28, 2021China’s space station maneuvered to avoid Starlink satellites

Spaceflight removed the Sherpa-LTC1 tug from the SXRS-6 Transporter-3 mission after its propulsion system developed a leak.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 23, 2021Propellant leak forces Sherpa tug off SpaceX rideshare mission

Spaceflight shipped the Sherpa-LTC1 back to its facility in Auburn, Washington for analysis.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductDec 23, 2021Propellant leak forces Sherpa tug off SpaceX rideshare mission

Spaceflight remanifested the VZLUSAT-2 cubesat onto Transporter-3 using another payload integrator.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 23, 2021Propellant leak forces Sherpa tug off SpaceX rideshare mission

Spaceflight operates a Sherpa variant called Sherpa-LTE that uses an electric propulsion system provided by Apollo Fusion and was first flown in June of the previous year.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipDec 21, 2021Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Spaceflight’s SXRS-6 mission will deliver 13 payloads on its first multi-destination rideshare mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

Spaceflight designed the Sherpa-LTC to offer rideshare customers a fast on-orbit transportation option.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 21, 2021Press Release: Benchmark green propellant thrusters installed on Sherpa tug

The joint statement following the 2021-12-06 summit welcomed enhanced cooperation between the State Space Corporation Roscosmos and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), including in human spaceflight programs and satellite navigation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralDec 7, 2021India, Russia agree to enhance space cooperation

Roscosmos’ subsidiary Glavcosmos signed a contract with ISRO in June 2019 to support training for India’s human spaceflight program.

Mentioned as: spaceflightOrg RelationshipDec 7, 2021India, Russia agree to enhance space cooperation

Spaceflight was the launch services provider for a series of three consecutive BlackSky launches announced in August 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 18, 2021Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites

Researchers from Villanova’s College of Engineering programmed a single-board computer to serve as a node for the Ethereum Private blockchain on a cubesat scheduled to be launched in December with Teachers in Space on Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2021Stress-testing a space-based blockchain

Tom Marshburn is making his third spaceflight as pilot of Crew-3, having previously flown on STS-127 in 2009 and on Expedition 34/35 for a five-month stay in 2012–2013.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2021SpaceX launches Crew-3 commercial crew mission for NASA

Spaceflight plans to debut Sherpa-ES, a bipropellant high delta-V orbital transfer vehicle, no earlier than 2022-10-01 on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 South Pole Mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 13 payloads and chemical propulsion OTV for first multi-destination rideshare mission

Spaceflight is managing the SXRS-6 launch for eight organizations, including returning customers Capella Space, Umbra Space, Lynk Global, Kleos Space, and NASA.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductNov 9, 2021Spaceflight’s First Multi-Destination, 13 Smallsat, Rideshare Mission + Chemical Propulsion OTV Being Readied For Launch By SpaceX

Spaceflight executed the first-ever rideshare mission to geostationary transfer orbit that included a lunar lander.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductNov 9, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 13 payloads and chemical propulsion OTV for first multi-destination rideshare mission

Spaceflight plans to debut Sherpa-ES no earlier than 2022-10-01 on Intuitive Machines’ IM-2 South Pole Mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanNov 9, 2021Spaceflight’s First Multi-Destination, 13 Smallsat, Rideshare Mission + Chemical Propulsion OTV Being Readied For Launch By SpaceX

Spaceflight announced plans on 2021-11-09 to deliver 13 customer payloads across two distinct orbits next year using a new space tug.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2021Spaceflight to launch 13 payloads on first multi-orbit space tug mission

Spaceflight Inc. will launch 13 customer payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit aboard SpaceX Transporter-3.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 9, 2021Spaceflight’s First Multi-Destination, 13 Smallsat, Rideshare Mission + Chemical Propulsion OTV Being Readied For Launch By SpaceX

Spaceflight will deploy customer spacecraft to two distinct orbits on SXRS-6 using its chemical-propulsion orbital transfer vehicle Sherpa-LTC1.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductNov 9, 2021Spaceflight’s First Multi-Destination, 13 Smallsat, Rideshare Mission + Chemical Propulsion OTV Being Readied For Launch By SpaceX

Spaceflight launched a total of 50 payloads via three orbital transfer vehicles in 2021.

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductNov 9, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 13 payloads and chemical propulsion OTV for first multi-destination rideshare mission
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