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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Spaceflight launched the first of a series of progressively upgraded Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles, Sherpa-FX, on 2021-01-24 as part of SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 12, 2021Exolaunch entering orbital debris market with eco-friendly space tugs

Karina Drees, president of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, supports the FCC taking up the proposed S-band allocation and endorsed the consortium’s principles in a 2021-02-04 letter to the FCC as a way of avoiding bottlenecks in launch regulations.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 1, 2021FCC proposes to allocate spectrum for commercial launches

The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology developed the Gaofen-12(02) satellite.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 1, 2021China launches the Gaofen-12-(02) satellite

BlackSky signed a multi-launch agreement with Spaceflight Inc. that includes the launch of nine BlackSky satellites across five Electron missions in 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 26, 2021BlackSky’s newest satellite delivers first insights within 24 hours of launch; company also announces 5 Rocket Lab missions

Firefly Aerospace was seeking to raise $350,000,000 in January 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductMar 23, 2021Can you still spell space without SPAC?

Spaceflight Inc. has launched nearly 20 spacecraft for NASA over the years.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 23, 2021Spaceflight Inc. receives NASA LLITED launch contract

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

Mentioned as: spaceflightTechnical ProductMar 22, 2021NASA Contracts Spaceflight For The Agency’s LLITED Mission

Sherpa-FX was Spaceflight’s first next-generation orbital transfer vehicle and successfully deployed 15 spacecraft on the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-1 launch in January.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2021NASA Contracts Spaceflight For The Agency’s LLITED Mission

Spaceflight has launched nearly 350 satellites across 37 missions on eight different launch vehicles, including Falcon 9, Electron, PSLV, and Vega.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 22, 2021NASA Contracts Spaceflight For The Agency’s LLITED Mission

Spaceflight is preparing several Sherpa vehicles with both electric and chemical propulsion for missions later in 2021 and is planning approximately 10 launches in 2021 including traditional rideshare and dedicated missions.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 22, 2021NASA Contracts Spaceflight For The Agency’s LLITED Mission

The BlackSky Gen-2 satellite deployed to the lower 450-kilometer orbit and its launch was arranged by Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipMar 22, 2021Rocket Lab launches smallsat rideshare mission

NASA acquired Mark Vande Hei’s Soyuz MS-18 seat through an exchange with commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space rather than by purchasing it directly from Roscosmos.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 15, 2021NASA astronaut may have extended stay on ISS

The Aerospace Industries Association, Commercial Spaceflight Federation, and Satellite Industry Association sent a 2021-03-09 letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo asking the Commerce Department to commit to continued support and funding for the Office of Space Commerce.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 11, 2021Industry groups advocate for Office of Space Commerce

Mark Vande Hei completed his first spaceflight in 2018 as a member of Expedition 53/54.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2021NASA assigns astronaut mark vande hei to international space station crew

Mark Vande Hei launched on 2017-09-13 and spent 168 days in space during his first spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 10, 2021NASA assigns astronaut mark vande hei to international space station crew

NASA signed a contract with commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space under which Axiom will provide NASA with a seat on the upcoming Soyuz MS-18 flight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 9, 2021NASA confirms plan to fly astronaut on upcoming Soyuz mission

Kleos Space signed a contract with rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc. to launch its third satellite cluster, KSF2, in December 2021 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 7, 2021Kleos Space’s 3rd Satellite Cluster Launch Set For December

The KSF1 Polar Vigilance Mission satellites will launch into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 3, 2021Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multiple Launch Agreements to Start 2021

Spaceflight Inc. coordinated its first fully dedicated PSLV mission and successfully deployed Amazonia-1, a nearly 700-kilogram Earth observation satellite, as its largest customer satellite to date.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 3, 2021Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multiple Launch Agreements to Start 2021

Spaceflight Inc. signed launch agreements with Lynk, Astro Digital, Kleos, BlackSky, Umbra, Orbit Fab, and several undisclosed U.S. government payloads.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Technical ProductMar 3, 2021Spaceflight Inc. Signs Multiple Launch Agreements to Start 2021
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