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Attractive pricing from Arianespace convinced Spaceflight Inc. to contract with Arianespace for the first time.
Spaceflight announced plans for the SSO-A mission, then known as “2017 Sun Synch Express,” in September 2015.
Firefly is actively developing a new, larger version of the Alpha launch vehicle slated to make a first launch in September 2019 from California.
Spaceflight Industries raised $150,000,000 in March to fund the first 20 satellites in a planned constellation of 60 satellites.
Firefly Aerospace planned to develop a new large-scale mass production facility to increase launch tempo and targeted Florida among potential locations.
Firefly Aerospace planned to enable eight Alpha flights in 2020 and 18 Alpha flights in 2021 through mass production processes.
Firefly Aerospace was created when entrepreneur Max Polyakov acquired the assets of Firefly Space Systems.
Firefly Aerospace is seeking to launch commercial satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 2 West.
SLC-2W will be modified to support Beta, although Firefly Aerospace has not announced a Beta launch date.
Firefly Aerospace expects to be able to perform monthly Alpha launches by the end of 2020.