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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