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The May 2021 $75,000,000 Series A round valued Firefly Aerospace at more than $1,000,000,000.
Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series B funding round.
The first launch under the Astra–Spaceflight contract was planned for 2022-03-14 with a launch window opening at 9:22 a.m. PDT / 16:22 UTC from the Astra Spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska.
Firefly Aerospace performed the first launch of Alpha, its flagship launch vehicle, in September 2022.
Spaceflight signed multiple new customers for rideshare and launch services in 2021, including GeoJump, Portland State Aerospace Society, SPiN, Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, and Xona Space Systems.
Spaceflight plans to launch Sherpa-ES on its GEO Pathfinder rideshare mission no earlier than the fourth quarter of 2022.
Spaceflight achieved the first launch of its Sherpa-FX1 orbital transfer vehicle in January 2021 and launched Sherpa-LTE1 and Sherpa-FX2 on SpaceX Transporter-2 in June 2021.
OQ Technology plans to deploy up to six more satellites in 2022 through an agreement with rideshare broker Spaceflight for a constellation of more than 60 spacecraft in total.
Firefly Aerospace paused preparations for its next launch in December 2022 at the request of the federal government while its largest shareholder, Noosphere Venture Partners, divests its stake at the request of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
Before the government decision to halt launch preparations, Firefly Aerospace had been gearing up for an Alpha launch as soon as late January 2022.
Spaceflight is based in Seattle, has successfully launched hundreds of satellites, and operates as part of the Mitsui & Co., Ltd. portfolio.
Astrocast has launched 12 satellites with Spaceflight Inc. and plans to launch a total of 100 nanosatellites.
Spaceflight Inc. reported 100% mission success for its SXRS-5 mission onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-2 in June, which deployed 36 spacecraft.
Spaceflight achieved 100 percent mission success with its SXRS-5 mission onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission in June, which deployed 36 spacecraft.
Astrocast has launched 12 satellites with Spaceflight and has plans to launch a total of 100 nanosatellites.
Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series A round in May and is seeking approximately $300,000,000 in a Series B to support future projects including its medium-class Beta vehicle.
Spaceflight flew three Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles on two different missions in 2021 and successfully deployed all 50 customer spacecraft.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle on 2021-09-02 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace obtained approximately two minutes and twenty-five seconds of flight data from Alpha Flight 1 that will be used to improve the design of future Alpha launch vehicles.
Firefly Aerospace conducted the maiden flight of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2021-09-02.