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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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The flight window for Virgin Galactic’s first powered spaceflight from Spaceport America will open on 2020-12-11, pending good weather conditions and technical readiness.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipDec 8, 2020First Human Spaceflight From Spaceport America By Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity Set For December 11

Karina Drees will work directly with the Commercial Spaceflight Federation’s 85+ members to develop and implement the organization’s vision and strategy.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 30, 2020CSF’s New President: She Brings Senior Leadership Skills

Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha small launch vehicle will launch from a Vandenberg complex that was formerly used by the Delta II.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 22, 2020Falcon 9 launch ends long hiatus in Vandenberg launches

Orbit Fab reached an agreement on 2020-11-17 with Spaceflight Inc. to send its first microsatellite into orbit in 2021.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2020Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight

Tanker-001 Tenzing is scheduled to launch on Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX orbital transfer vehicle and will be housed in an Astro Digital satellite based on the Corvus-XL bus.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductNov 17, 2020Orbit Fab to launch first fuel tanker in 2021 with Spaceflight

Orbit Fab signed an agreement with Spaceflight Inc. to launch the company’s first operational fuel depot to orbit.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Orbit Fab’s First Operational Gas Station In Space To Launch In 2021

Tanker 001 Tenzing is one of several payloads planned to launch on a Spaceflight Sherpa orbital transfer vehicle.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Orbit Fab’s First Operational Gas Station In Space To Launch In 2021

Spaceflight planned as many as five Sherpa missions in 2021, including the first flights of both the LTE and LTC versions.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 12, 2020Spaceflight announces Sherpa tug with electric propulsion

Spaceflight Inc. announced a new version of its Sherpa tug on 2020-11-12 equipped with electric propulsion that can send smallsats to high orbits or cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 12, 2020Spaceflight announces Sherpa tug with electric propulsion

The next-generation Sherpa vehicles are successors to the Sherpa vehicles used on Spaceflight’s SSO-A dedicated rideshare launch in December 2018.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralNov 12, 2020Spaceflight announces Sherpa tug with electric propulsion

Spaceflight arranged the PSLV launch that placed Kleos Space's four cubesats into orbit on 2020-11-07.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightTechnical ProductNov 11, 2020Kleos Space raises funds for additional RF mapping clusters

Firefly Aerospace will install the second automated assembly line at its Florida Space Coast factory and launch site at Cape Canaveral beginning in 2022.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductNov 2, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly Aerospace will install the first of two planned AFP systems in May 2021 at its manufacturing and test facility in Briggs, Texas.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductNov 2, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly Aerospace’s new automated rocket factories are expected to reduce composite materials waste by 30–50% and to increase repeatability while reducing touch labor and build times.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly Aerospace’s Florida facility at Cape Canaveral will ultimately be capable of producing an estimated 24 Alpha rockets per year.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceTechnical ProductNov 2, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly Aerospace will leverage AFP technology that is used to manufacture composite airframes for the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, and F-35.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 2, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly expects its automated AFP factories to reduce composite materials waste by 30 to 50 percent.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductNov 1, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly’s Florida Space Coast factory will ultimately be capable of producing an estimated 24 Alpha rockets per year.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductNov 1, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly will leverage AFP technology that is used to manufacture composite airframes for the Boeing 787, Airbus A350, and the F-35.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools

Firefly will install the first of two planned AFP Mongoose Hybrid systems in May 2021 at its manufacturing and test facility in Briggs, Texas.

Mentioned as: FireflyTechnical ProductNov 1, 2020Firefly Aerospace to Automate Composite Rocket Production with Ingersoll Machine Tools
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