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Firefly Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Spaceflight is actively planning several Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle missions to support efforts in low Earth orbit, geosynchronous equatorial orbit, and other cislunar destinations.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021Spaceflight’s new launch contracts growth of Space infra

Astrocast has launched 12 satellites with Spaceflight and has plans to launch a total of 100 nanosatellites.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2021Spaceflight’s new launch contracts growth of Space infra

Spaceflight is preparing Sherpa-ES, a new propulsive transfer vehicle designed to execute missions to trans-lunar orbit, low-lunar orbit, and geosynchronous equatorial orbit.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021Spaceflight’s new launch contracts growth of Space infra

Spaceflight launched the SXRS-5 mission as part of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-2 launch on 2021-06-30.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2021RBC Signals and Spaceflight Inc.’s Ground Station Services Agreement For Sherpa OTV Missions

Spaceflight used the stability of the RBC Signals ground station network to execute commands to Sherpa-LTE1 for propulsion and maneuvering.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipSep 21, 2021RBC Signals and Spaceflight Inc.’s Ground Station Services Agreement For Sherpa OTV Missions

Spaceflight Inc. is executing a cislunar rideshare mission called GEO Pathfinder.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductSep 15, 2021Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”

Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series A round in May and is seeking approximately $300,000,000 in a Series B to support future projects including its medium-class Beta vehicle.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2021Space SPACs struggle to lift off

Spaceflight will deploy rideshare payloads to trans-lunar orbit, low-lunar orbit, and geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO) on the GEO Pathfinder mission.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductSep 15, 2021Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”

Spaceflight will utilize a lunar flyby with its propulsive transfer vehicle Sherpa EScape (Sherpa-ES) to deliver a payload from GeoJump that will contain an Orbit Fab in-space fueling payload.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipSep 15, 2021Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”

Orbit Fab launched its first payload, Tanker-001 Tenzing, in June on Spaceflight’s SXRS-5 mission on SpaceX’s Transporter-2.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2021Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”

Spaceflight flew three Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles on two different missions in 2021 and successfully deployed all 50 customer spacecraft.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2021Spaceflight’s First Lunar And GEO Rideshare Mission “GEO Pathfinder”

The previous American spaceflight duration record was 340 days set by Scott Kelly on his 2015–16 ISS mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 14, 2021NASA astronaut to stay on ISS for nearly a year

Firefly Aerospace obtained approximately two minutes and twenty-five seconds of flight data from Alpha Flight 1 that will be used to improve the design of future Alpha launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace Conducts First Test Launch of Alpha Launch Vehicle

Firefly is building the Blue Ghost lunar lander with a planned mission to the Moon in 2023.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging

Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2021-09-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging

Firefly’s Flight and Test Operations Department, led by Anne Chinnery, Brad Obrocto, and Sean Reilly, built Firefly’s launch facility and conducted the first launch.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging

Firefly acknowledges support provided by the United States Space Force through Space Launch Delta 30 at Vandenberg Space Force Base and by the FAA.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s First Launch Of Their Alpha Rocket — Anomaly Occurs — Captured Flight Data Encouraging

Firefly Aerospace is building the Blue Ghost lunar lander intended to go to the Moon in 2023.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace Conducts First Test Launch of Alpha Launch Vehicle

Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2021-09-02.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductSep 10, 2021Firefly Aerospace Conducts First Test Launch of Alpha Launch Vehicle

The Firefly project was first used by the State of California and the California National Guard in 2019.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 7, 2021Pentagon extends intelligence agency program that helps track wildfires
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