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Firefly Aerospace

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commercialFounded 2013
United States
www.fireflyspace.com
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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 Aerospace signed a Launch Services Agreement with Spire Global to launch Lemur spacecraft on multiple Alpha missions.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

Firefly Aerospace designed and manufactured the Alpha payload fairing separation system.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

Firefly Aerospace completed the successful acceptance test of the first stage of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2020-10-20.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

Firefly Aerospace plans a block upgrade to increase Alpha's Low Earth Orbit payload capacity to 1,300 kg.

Mentioned as: firefly aerospaceTechnical ProductOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

Firefly Aerospace is nearing completion of its Launch Control Center, Integration Hangar, and launch pad at Space Launch Complex 2 West at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 20, 2020Firefly Aerospace Announces New Customer Agreements, Completes Stage 1 Acceptance Testing Ahead of First Alpha Launch

Kleos Space plans to begin deployment of its Kleos satellite constellation in the middle of 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch with Spaceflight onboard.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 15, 2020Spaceflight plans two new launches on two different continents

Since its founding, Spaceflight has launched more than 300 satellites and executed 32 rocket launches.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2020Spaceflight plans two new launches on two different continents

The SXRS-3 SpaceX rideshare mission is scheduled for no earlier than December 2020 and will carry 16 spacecraft managed by Spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 15, 2020Spaceflight plans two new launches on two different continents

The Space Report 2020 Q3 projects that private commercial spaceflight could achieve in as few as three years what international space programs have achieved in the last 59 years.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 14, 2020Global commercial space revenue reaches $336.89 billion

HawkEye Cluster 2 is scheduled to launch on Spaceflight’s SpaceX Rideshare-3 (SXRS-3) mission via the Sherpa-FX orbital transfer vehicle on a Falcon 9 no earlier than December 2020.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

Spaceflight works with launch vehicles including Falcon 9, Antares, Electron, Vega, and PSLV to provide a variety of launch options.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

In 2019 Spaceflight executed nine missions and sent more than 50 payloads to space.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

Spaceflight will provide capacity, engineering, and mission management services to launch HawkEye 360’s Cluster 4, Cluster 5, and Cluster 6 radio frequency mapping satellites.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

HawkEye 360 first worked with Spaceflight in 2018 by launching its first cluster of spacecraft aboard the SSO-A mission.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceOrg RelationshipOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

Spaceflight Inc. has signed a Multiple Launch Services Agreement with HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralOct 8, 2020Spaceflight signs multi-launch agreement with HawkEye 360

Izanami is scheduled to launch as early as December on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 rideshare mission.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipSep 30, 2020Japan’s iQPS to update technology for future radar satellites

The Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) developed and manufactures the Long March 4B rocket.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2020Secretive Chinese launch sends two remote sensing satellites into orbit

iQPS booked its second satellite, QPS-SAR 2, on Spaceflight’s SXRS-3 rideshare mission launching with SpaceX as soon as December.

Mentioned as: SpaceflightOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

The report criticized the inclusion of Firefly Aerospace in the CLPS program, which was created after Noosphere Ventures acquired the assets of bankrupt Firefly Space Systems.

Mentioned as: Firefly AerospaceNarrative GeneralSep 21, 2020NASA inspector general criticizes high-risk approach to CLPS program
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