Firefly Aerospace, the decade-old spaceflight company based in Cedar Park, Texas, is now working on an additional launch site for its operational Alpha small satellite launcher and upcoming Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV) in Virginia. In addition, the company is planning to build an Alpha launch site overseas in Sweden for the European market. Firefly recently answered NSF’s questions about future launch sites and current operations.
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CommercialISSNorthrop GrummanOtherSpaceX
Science and supplies fly on Falcon 9, Cygnus NG-21
by Tyler GrayFor the second time in 2024, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft delivered a bounty of science…
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The NG-20 mission has flown the Cygnus spacecraft S.S. Patricia Hilliard Robertson to a path…
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The final flight of the Antares 230+ launch vehicle, marking the end of the career…
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At 19:57 UTC on Wednesday, March 29, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at…
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Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on…
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At 19:20 UTC on Oct. 21, Russia’s Soyuz-2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at Plesetsk…
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Blue Origin has sent another crew of six to space with the launch of their…
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Cape Canaveral has been at the heart of America’s space program since the very beginning.…
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China’s Galactic Energy launches second Ceres-1 rocket successfully
The Chinese private spaceflight company Galactic Energy has made the second flight of its Ceres-1…
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Northrop Grumman launches second classified US government mission in two days with NROL-111
Northrop Grumman launched three national security payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on the…
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CommercialNorthrop Grumman
Pegasus XL rocket successfully launches Tactically Responsive Launch demo for Space Force
Northrop Grumman’s air-launched Pegasus XL rocket made a low-profile launch for the US Space Force…
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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office satellite to orbit Friday…
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus vehicle, the S.S. Kalpana Chawla, has arrived at the ISS following launch…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar Surface
by Joseph NavinAstrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration…
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Commercial
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility Gears Up for a Busy and Historic Early 2020
by Joseph NavinFor the first half of 2020, Antares will launch the Cygnus NG-13 mission to the…
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CommercialInternationalRussian
Proton rocket ride-share launches Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle
A Russian Proton-M rocket launched on Wednesday morning at 06:17 EDT (10:17 UTC) from the…
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The “Roc” – Stratolaunch Systems Corporation’s air-launch carrier plane – has conducted its first test flight…
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Three months after its arrival at the International Space Station, the NG-10 Cygnus, named S.S.…
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As another spacecraft prepares to land on Mars, the Dawn spacecraft recently ended its mission…