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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace the CLPS 19D task order in February 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 20, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission To Be Launched By SpaceX

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 will launch Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023 on a mission to land in Mare Crisium on the near side of the moon.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanMay 20, 2021Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander

NASA awarded Firefly the CLPS 19D task order in February 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 20, 2021Firefly Aerospace Awards Contract to SpaceX to Launch Blue Ghost Mission to Moon in 2023

Firefly Aerospace selected SpaceX on 2021-05-20 to launch its first lunar lander mission for NASA.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 20, 2021Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander

Firefly Aerospace awarded a contract to SpaceX to launch the Blue Ghost lunar lander in 2023.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 20, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission To Be Launched By SpaceX

Firefly selected SpaceX’s Falcon 9 to launch Blue Ghost.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 20, 2021Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Mission To Be Launched By SpaceX

China became the third country to develop independent human spaceflight capabilities with the Shenzhou-5 mission in 2003.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 17, 2021China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou-2 space station supply mission

The 2021-05-15 launch was the first of four dedicated missions under a contract announced earlier in the year through launch services company Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 15, 2021Electron launch fails

Tianwen-1 built on technologies and capabilities developed through China’s Chang’e lunar program as well as head-shielding and parachute expertise from Shenzhou human spaceflight endeavors.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 14, 2021China’s Zhurong Mars rover lands safely in Utopia Planitia

Spaceflight will launch 36 customer payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit aboard the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission scheduled no earlier than June 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

Spaceflight is managing the SXRS-5 launch for spacecraft from 14 organizations across seven countries.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

Spaceflight is managing launch integration and mission management services for 36 payloads on SXRS-5, including six microsatellites, 29 cubesats, and one hosted payload.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

Spaceflight executed the industry’s first-ever rideshare mission to geostationary transfer orbit with a lunar lander.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

Spaceflight purchased three ports on the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission designated SXRS-5.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

Spaceflight has launched nearly 350 satellites across 39 missions on eight different launch vehicles, including Falcon 9, Electron, PSLV, and Vega.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies 36 customer Spacecraft and two OTVs for launch on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission

The 'Running Out of Toes' mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 7, 2021BlackSky demonstrates growth and scalability with planned launch of additional satellites

The “Running Out of Toes” mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution multispectral satellites by the end of 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021BlackSky Demonstrates Growth and Scalability with Planned Launch of Additional Satellites

Maxar is working to complete the main body assembly of OSAM-1 in summer 2021 followed by about a year of Reference Performance Testing on all subsystems prior to shipping the spacecraft to NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021Critical Design Review For The OSAM-1 Mission Successfully Completed by Maxar

The Running Out of Toes mission is part of BlackSky’s multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. and Rocket Lab to launch nine high-resolution, multi-spectral satellites by the end of 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 6, 2021BlackSky To Launch Two Smallsats

Firefly Aerospace was awarded a $93,300,000 NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services contract to deliver 10 science payloads to the surface of the Moon in 2023 using its Blue Ghost lunar lander.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMay 5, 2021Firefly Aerospace Now Valued @ $1B+ After Close Of Series A Financing
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