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QuickSounder is scheduled to launch on Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket in 2026.
The QuickSounder mission will launch from Firefly Aerospace’s SLC-2 launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a set of NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Alpha rocket two weeks before the 2024-07-17 leadership change.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a set of NASA-sponsored cubesats on its Alpha rocket two weeks before the 2024-07-17 leadership change.
Firefly Aerospace planned three more launches in the same year as the 2024-07-17 leadership change, with the next launch identified as a dedicated commercial mission for Lockheed Martin.
Firefly Aerospace is ramping up for a responsive on-orbit Elytra mission that will launch on Alpha FLTA007 later in 2024.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched its Alpha Flight 5 (FLTA005) rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace is completing final readiness milestones for its first Blue Ghost lunar mission to the Moon scheduled to launch in 2024-10-01.
Firefly Aerospace will launch satellites from Esrange Space Center starting in 2026.
Firefly Aerospace plans East and West Coast launch capabilities for Alpha and intends to increase Alpha’s launch cadence to a monthly basis by 2026 after launching up to four times in 2024 and six times in 2025.
Firefly Aerospace plans East and West Coast launch capabilities for Alpha and intends to increase Alpha’s launch cadence to a monthly basis by 2026 after launching up to four times in 2024 and six times in 2025.
Firefly Aerospace will launch Noise of Summer from the SLC-2 complex at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029.
Firefly Aerospace will host the Klepsydra Artificial Intelligence application on Firefly’s Elytra vehicle that will launch aboard Alpha later 2024.
Elytra will launch aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket later in 2024.
Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a trade study on Firefly’s capabilities to rapidly launch Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond geosynchronous orbit (xGEO).
Firefly Aerospace delivered the ESA spacecraft from Lockheed Martin’s production facility in Colorado to Vandenberg Space Force Base.
On 2024-03-21 Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit to conduct a trade study on Firefly’s capabilities to rapidly launch Elytra vehicles and support missions beyond Geosynchronous Orbit (xGEO).
Firefly Aerospace built a new higher-thrust engine stand at Briggs to test the Miranda and Vira engines with up to 104,326 kg of thrust.
Firefly Aerospace can produce all large carbon composite structures for the Alpha vehicle in seven days and for the MLV in 30 days using the AFP machine.