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Firefly Aerospace

US
commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Spaceflight executed its first launch in 2013 aboard a Soyuz vehicle.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021Spaceflight Celebrating Ten Years Of Smallsat Launch Accomplishments

Spaceflight executed its first PSLV launch in 2016.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021Spaceflight Celebrating Ten Years Of Smallsat Launch Accomplishments

Spaceflight planned to launch approximately 10 missions across its global launch vehicle portfolio in 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 24, 2021Spaceflight Celebrating Ten Years Of Smallsat Launch Accomplishments

Spaceflight purchased its first Falcon 9 rideshare mission in 2015.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 24, 2021Spaceflight Celebrating Ten Years Of Smallsat Launch Accomplishments

The tanker spacecraft Tanker-001 Tenzing will launch on a SpaceX rideshare mission later 2021 brokered by Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanFeb 23, 2021Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems to partner on in-space refueling technologies

Firefly Aerospace won a $93,300,000 contract from NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program on 2021-02-04 for the 2023 launch of the Blue Ghost lander carrying NASA payloads.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

The Blue Ghost lander contracted to Firefly under the $93,300,000 CLPS award will be launched on another company’s rocket rather than Firefly’s Alpha.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

General Atomics selected Firefly Aerospace to launch its Orbital Test Bed 2 (OTB-2) satellite on an Alpha rocket in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems will launch OTB-2 on Firefly’s Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Mentioned as: fireflyTechnical ProductFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

Firefly Aerospace won a NASA Venture Class Launch Services contract valued at $9,800,000 in December to launch two sets of cubesats into polar orbits.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 22, 2021General Atomics selects Firefly to launch NASA Earth science instrument

After departing the International Space Station, the NG-15 Cygnus spacecraft will deploy several cubesats from two deployment systems provided by Nanoracks and Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2021Northrop Grumman launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems awarded a contract to Firefly Aerospace to launch a GA-EMS developed Orbital Test Bed satellite carrying NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols instrument.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2021General Atomics EMS Selects Firefly Aerospace To Take MAIA To Orbit

Spaceflight Inc. launched and deployed spacecraft on its Sherpa-FX1 orbital transfer vehicle aboard the SpaceX Transporter-1 mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies largest satellite contracted, Amazonia-1, for launch

The Chinese Space Station project was approved in 1992 as part of a human spaceflight program.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2021China assembling rocket to launch first space station module

Spaceflight Inc. purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram Amazonia-1 satellite.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 18, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies largest satellite contracted, Amazonia-1, for launch

Spaceflight Inc. works with a portfolio of global launch vehicles that includes Falcon 9, Antares, Electron, and Vega to provide launch options to customers.

Mentioned as: Spaceflight Inc.Org RelationshipFeb 18, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies largest satellite contracted, Amazonia-1, for launch

Spaceflight Inc. was awarded a multi-year contract to provide launch services for INPE through a competitive government procurement process in December 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 18, 2021Spaceflight Inc. readies largest satellite contracted, Amazonia-1, for launch

Spaceflight Inc. launched 16 payloads on board its Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Sherpa-FX-1, on a SpaceX rocket to deliver them to precise orbits, marking the first in LEO SSO orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2021NSR Insight: In-Orbit Servicing: Stepping up to the Challenge?

Spaceflight plans to launch multiple Sherpa vehicles and many other rideshare missions 2021, totaling more than 10 missions across its global launch vehicle portfolio.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanFeb 17, 2021Spaceflight Details Their Upcoming Amazonia-1 Launch From Satish Dawn Space Center

Spaceflight purchased an entire NewSpace India Limited Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to accommodate the nearly 700-kilogram Amazonia-1 satellite.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 17, 2021Spaceflight Details Their Upcoming Amazonia-1 Launch From Satish Dawn Space Center
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