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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.
Northrop Grumman plans to launch at least three Cygnus missions on Falcon 9 rockets while developing a new Antares first stage with Firefly Aerospace.
Firefly is working on new production facilities capable of building up to 24 Alpha rockets per year.
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2023-12-20 with backup dates through 2023-12-22 and a daily 20-minute launch window opening at 9:18 am PST.
Firefly Aerospace has been selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
Firefly Aerospace was selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA's 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
On 2023-12-05 Firefly Aerospace was selected to develop an analytical framework for aggregated on-orbit spacecraft hubs in support of DARPA’s 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study.
Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle the two companies are co-developing.
The Tantrum payload demonstrator is expected to launch in December on a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket under an agreement Firefly announced in June.
On 2023-11-28, Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle the companies are co-developing.
On 2023-11-27, Firefly Aerospace disclosed it is launching a spacecraft of just under 136.08 kg carrying a newly designed electronically steerable antenna.
Firefly Aerospace completed the first hot fire test for its Miranda engine that will power the first stage of Northrop Grumman’s Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle co-developed by Firefly and Northrop Grumman.
Firefly Aerospace’s first of two lunar missions will launch in 2024 and conduct technology demonstrations and scientific investigations on the Moon’s surface.
Firefly Aerospace is ramping up Blue Ghost Mission 2, which will first deploy a satellite to lunar orbit and then deliver multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon in 2026.
Firefly Aerospace is ramping up for Blue Ghost Mission 2, which will first deploy a satellite to lunar orbit and then deliver multiple payloads to the Moon’s far side in 2026.
Firefly Aerospace completed all final launch preparations within 24 hours and launched 27 hours after receipt of launch orders, setting a new record for responsive space launch.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft.
Alpha launched at the first available window 27 hours after Firefly Aerospace received launch orders.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a Millennium Space small satellite on 2023-09-14.
Firefly Aerospace successfully launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2023-09-14.