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The Firefly project was first used by the State of California and the California National Guard in 2019.
The Department of Defense approved an extension of Firefly support through September 2022 to allow the National Interagency Fire Center in consultation with the Department of Defense to develop a viable long-term solution for future funding and operation of Firefly.
The State of California and the California National Guard first used the Firefly tool in 2019.
Firefly Aerospace’s press kit specified the vehicle was supposed to reach Mach 1 at 67 seconds into flight.
Firefly Aerospace is collaborating with the FAA and Space Launch Delta 30 and plans to return to conduct the second Alpha flight as soon as possible.
Firefly Aerospace posted a video of the 2021-09-02 Alpha launch on 2021-09-05.
Firefly Aerospace obtained a substantial amount of flight data from the Alpha test flight on 2021-09-02.
Libre Space Foundation’s QUBIK mission was scheduled to launch on Firefly Aerospace’s inaugural Alpha flight on 2021-09-02.
Firefly exited bankruptcy in 2017 and was renamed Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly Aerospace’s first launch of its Alpha rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base ended in failure when the rocket exploded about two and a half minutes after liftoff on 2021-09-02.
Firefly Aerospace scheduled the inaugural launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2021-09-02 during a four-hour window that opens at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Firefly raised $75,000,000 in May and is beginning design work on the Beta vehicle with propulsion as the immediate focus.
The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology developed and manufactured both Tianhui-2 (02) satellites and the Long March 4B rocket.
Rocket Lab is focused in the near term on a series of upcoming Electron launches, including three consecutive launches for geospatial intelligence company BlackSky arranged by Spaceflight starting late 2021-08.
Firefly Aerospace is offering the engines it developed for Alpha to external customers.
Space Foundation’s Space Symposium returned for its 36th Annual meeting following renewed public interest in spaceflight in 2021.
Spaceflight is planning Sherpa missions beyond low Earth orbit to include geostationary orbit and cislunar orbital insertions.
Spaceflight Inc. achieved 100% mission success for both its primary and secondary missions for SXRS-5.
Alpha performed a 15-second static fire test on the pad at Vandenberg the day before Firefly set the 2021-09-02 launch date.
Firefly Aerospace set 2021-09-02 as the date for the first launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.