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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With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is…
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Launch Roundup: Atlas V, Electron, CZ-3B/E, and Falcon 9 missions flying this week
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United Launch Alliance, formed in 2006 to merge the Boeing and Lockheed Martin launch vehicle…
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SpaceX continues record-breaking year with Starship’s full success and Falcon milestones
SpaceX continues to break records with its Falcon rockets during 2024 completing to date a…
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Firefly successfully launched Alpha on Noise of Summer mission
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The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
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Rocket Lab successfully launched its 50th Electron rocket June 20 at 2:13 PM EDT (18:13…
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Just over a year after the first integrated flight test, SpaceX successfully launched the fourth…
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SpaceX has launched the EarthCARE climate research satellite for ESA and JAXA
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
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Initial Gateway elements beginning systems integration while NASA works on a launch date
by Philip SlossThe two elements that will make up the initial Gateway capability for NASA’s Artemis campaign…
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A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from…
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China Roundup: ZhuQue-3 moves left, Tianlong-3 gets engines, and Chang Zheng rockets launch
by Adrian BeilChina’s upcoming and already operational startup aerospace companies are showing significant progress as of late.…
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV rocket has successfully launched Tuesday on its final flight, the…
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On Sunday, April 7 SpaceX launched the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A)…
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After SpaceX achieved a record-breaking 12 Falcon 9 launches in March, the company continued this…
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Launch Roundup: Delta IV Heavy swan song, Falcon 9 and Soyuz launches on tap for last week of March
A trio of Falcon 9 Starlink launches, a Falcon 9 non-Starlink launch involving an Eutelsat…
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Launch Roundup: two missions to the ISS, including first Dragon 2 from SLC-40
by John SharpSpaceX is preparing to launch three Falcon 9s, including two Starlink missions. Additionally, launching this…
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Japan’s first commercial launch explodes shortly into flight on second attempt
by Martin SmithSpace One had been planning Japan’s first private-sector orbital launch with the debut of its…
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Blue Origin continues to take big steps forward with its New Glenn orbital rocket as…