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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For only the second time, VSS Unity, Virgin Galactic’s suborbital space plane, was transformed into…
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Four launches are planned for the week of June 24 to July 1. The Russians…
Virgin Orbit attempted to carry out the first satellite launch from the United Kingdom on…
Virgin Orbit launched its fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after scrubbing an attempt on…
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Virgin Galactic has successfully performed the first human spaceflight from Spaceport America, just south of…
Following the first successful launch of LauncherOne in January, Virgin Orbit is aiming for their…
After years of development and testing, Virgin Orbit has conducted its first orbital launch attempt.…
A Space Act Agreement (SAA) between NASA, Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company (TSC) has…
Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company have announced new milestones in the assembly of the…
Virgin Orbit has announced a new partnership with the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force. A…
Virgin Orbit achieved another major milestone in its test program for LauncherOne when an inert…
In a major sign Virgin Galactic is close to flying paying customers on its SpaceShipTwo…
Virgin Orbit is just months away from the first launch of its LauncherOne rocket. The…
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne has signed an agreement to launch a SITAEL satellite developed in collaboration…
While Virgin Galactic prepare to restart test operations with its SpaceShipTwo vehicle, the company has…
