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Firefly Aerospace is collaborating with the FAA and Space Launch Delta 30 and plans to return to conduct the second Alpha flight as soon as possible.
Firefly Aerospace posted a video of the 2021-09-02 Alpha launch on 2021-09-05.
Firefly Aerospace’s first launch of its Alpha rocket from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base ended in failure when the rocket exploded about two and a half minutes after liftoff on 2021-09-02.
Firefly Aerospace scheduled the inaugural launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 2021-09-02 during a four-hour window that opens at 9 p.m. Eastern.
Firefly raised $75,000,000 in May and is beginning design work on the Beta vehicle with propulsion as the immediate focus.
Firefly Aerospace set 2021-09-02 as the date for the first launch of its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Firefly Aerospace plans to expand its components business to include composite-overwrapped pressure vessels.
Firefly Aerospace plans to expand its components business to include composite-overwrapped pressure vessels.
Spaceflight Inc. achieved 100% mission success for both its primary and secondary missions for SXRS-5.
Spaceflight is preparing the inaugural flight of Sherpa-LTC1, its chemical propulsive orbital transfer vehicle, on SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission scheduled to launch no earlier than December 2021.
Spaceflight deployed 15 spacecraft from the debut flight of its Sherpa-FX space tug in January 2021.
Spaceflight plans to launch another Sherpa-FX on the SpaceX Transporter-2 mission scheduled for the end of June 2021.
Firefly is completing preparations for the inaugural launch of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
Firefly Aerospace is completing preparations for the inaugural launch of its Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 2.
Investor interest in Firefly Aerospace’s Series A round far exceeded the $75,000,000 equity being offered.
The June 2022 Alpha launch will fulfill Firefly Aerospace’s NASA Venture Class Launch Services contract that the company won in 2020.
Firefly Aerospace is preparing to open a new 50,000-square-foot facility at its Cedar Park, Texas headquarters to support work on its lunar lander and orbital transfer vehicle projects.
Firefly Aerospace raised $75,000,000 in a Series A round on 2021-05-04 that values the company at more than $1,000,000,000.
Firefly Aerospace sought to raise $350,000,000 to fund the ramp-up of its operations over the next five years and to develop a larger, medium-class launch vehicle.
Spaceflight has successfully launched more than 350 customer payloads across 37 launches on eight different launch vehicles, including Falcon 9, Electron, PSLV, and Vega.