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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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Firefly intends to greatly expand its business development and government relations team in Washington, D.C.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductFeb 4, 2021Firefly Aerospace Announces New Board of Directors and Corporate Expansion Plans

Israel Aerospace Industries will support Firefly’s Blue Ghost project to leverage lessons learned from the Beresheet mission, which crashed attempting a lunar landing in April 2019.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2021Firefly wins NASA CLPS lunar lander contract

The first European Service Module is undergoing final integration with the Lockheed Martin–built Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1, an uncrewed test flight slated for later 2021 to certify the spacecraft and the Space Launch System rocket for human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 4, 2021Airbus awarded €650 million contract to build three more Orion service modules

Firefly is developing a family of launch and in-space vehicles and services that provide missions from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon.

Mentioned as: FireflyOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2021NASA Designates $93.3M To Firefly To Deliver Demo Lunar Payloads

NASA awarded Firefly Aerospace $93,300,000 to deliver a suite of ten NASA-sponsored science and technology demonstration payloads to Mare Crisium in the Moon’s Crisium basin.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipFeb 4, 2021NASA Awards Firefly Aerospace $93.3M to Deliver Suite of Payloads to the Moon in 2023

The satellite relay system will provide continuous communications for human spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2021SpaceLink Satellite Relay Operator Builds Out Team, Highly Experienced Key Executives to Drive Company’s Success

Firefly Aerospace’s leadership projects growing the company from an estimated $1,000,000,000 valuation during early Alpha and SUV operations to approximately $10,000,000,000 within about five years.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialJan 28, 2021Firefly Aerospace plans to raise $350 million funding

Firefly Aerospace plans the first launch of its larger medium-class vehicle by early 2024.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJan 28, 2021Firefly Aerospace plans to raise $350 million funding

Firefly Aerospace is seeking to raise $350,000,000 to scale up production and develop larger launch vehicles.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductJan 28, 2021Firefly Aerospace plans to raise $350 million funding

Firefly plans to allocate $225,000,000 of the fundraising round to growth initiatives, in particular development of a medium-class vehicle capable of placing 10,000 kg into orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative PlanJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Max Polyakov and Noosphere Venture Partners provided $200,000,000 of funding for Firefly’s development phase.

Mentioned as: fireflyNarrative FinancialJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Firefly Aerospace scheduled its Alpha launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a date described as occurring a few short weeks after 2021-01-26.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Firefly aims to grow from roughly a $1,000,000,000 company to about a $10,000,000,000 company within five years as it brings Alpha and the Space Utility Vehicle into service.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative FinancialJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Firefly plans to allocate $125,000,000 of the fundraising round toward production enhancements, including facilities and tooling to ramp up launch vehicle production.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Firefly Space Systems filed for bankruptcy in 2016 and was bought out of bankruptcy by entrepreneur Max Polyakov and his investment fund Noosphere Ventures.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Firefly Aerospace is seeking to raise $350,000,000 to scale up production and develop a medium-class launch vehicle called Beta.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipJan 27, 2021Firefly Aerospace seeking to raise $350 million

Spaceflight’s SSO-A mission delivered 64 spacecraft to orbit from a free-flyer vehicle.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2021Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 Mission Takes 16 Smallsat Payloads To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Flight

Spaceflight executed the first dedicated rideshare mission SSO-A, which launched the largest number of satellites from a U.S.-based rocket.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductJan 25, 2021Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 Mission Takes 16 Smallsat Payloads To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Flight

Spaceflight managed the end-to-end launch experience for 10 cubesats, four microsats, and two hosted payloads on the Transporter-1 mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2021Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 Mission Takes 16 Smallsat Payloads To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Flight

Spaceflight launched more than 30 missions and over 300 satellites in its first 10 years of operation.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2021Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 Mission Takes 16 Smallsat Payloads To Orbit Via The SpaceX Transporter-1 Flight
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