Dec 20, 2023 · Just on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit within 27 hours for the Space Force, Firefly Aerospace flew again — this time with a dedicated …

Oct 1, 2022 · Alpha Flight 2: To The Black is Firefly's second technology demonstration flight that will attempt to launch multiple satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) from our launch site (SLC-2) …

Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable small lift launch vehicle developed by the American company Firefly Aerospace to compete in the commercial small satellite launch market.

Jul 4, 2024 · Following payload deployment, Firefly successfully performed a second stage relight and plane change maneuver to further test and validate Alpha’s on-orbit capabilities. “The …

Oct 1, 2022 · With the goal of successfully reaching orbit, Firefly successfully launched FLTA002 – its second demonstration flight of the Alpha launch vehicle – on the mission dubbed “To The …

Oct 1, 2022 · KIHEI, Hawaii — Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha launch vehicle reached orbit on its second launch Oct. 1, more than a year after the vehicle’s first launch failed. The Alpha rocket …

Oct 4, 2022 · FLTA002 To The Black is Firefly's second launch of its Alpha rocket, successfully taking off from at Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA.

Oct 3, 2022 · During the mission, Alpha successfully completed all major technical milestones, including a two-burn maneuver, relighting the second stage during its first orbital flight.

Dec 21, 2023 · Firefly announced that following the Second Stage cutoff, the second stage engines failed to reignite. This caused the satellites on board to be placed into lower-than …

Apr 29, 2019 · Last Thursday, on a green expanse at the edge of the Texas Hill Country, Firefly Aerospace prepared to test the second stage of its Alpha rocket. After years of development, …