The agreement includes 15 firm launches as well as options for an additional 10 missions

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The study contract would lay the groundwork for up to two demonstration missions to deliver payloads in cislunar space aboard Firefly’s Elytra spacecraft

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A software glitch prevented the upper stage of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket from completing a second burn during a December launch, stranding its payload in a low orbit.

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Firefly Aerospace plans to make the responsive launch operations it demonstrated for the U.S. Space Force last year the norm for upcoming launches of its Alpha rocket.

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Despite a much shortened mission, the company said it successfully accomplished many of the objectives of the technology demonstration..

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A problem with the upper stage of a Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket placed a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration satellite into the wrong orbit on a Dec. 22 launch.

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Firefly Aerospace has conducted the first hot-fire test of a new engine that will power the company’s future launch vehicles.

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Industry executives argue that SpaceX’s dominant position in the launch market is making it difficult for small launch vehicles to compete, as a prominent investor warns of a wave of bankruptcies among launch companies.

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The U.S. Space Force Victus Nox mission that Firefly Aerospace launched Sept. 14 set a new record for how quickly a national security payload can be put on orbit

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Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with L3Harris Technologies to launch three small satellites aboard Firefly’s Alpha rocket, the company announced Sept. 5.

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Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems announced Aug. 30 that they are standing by waiting for orders from the U.S. Space Force to prepare to launch a mission to low Earth orbit.

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The National Reconnaissance Office announced a contract Aug. 8 with Firefly Aerospace and Xtenti, a Texas-based space logistics startup, for a responsive space mission.

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Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to launch a small satellite aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle.

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Firefly Aerospace has agreed to buy Virgin Orbit’s remaining assets — inventory at two company production facilities — as part of Virgin Orbit’s bankruptcy proceedings.

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Firefly Aerospace announced June 8 it has acquired Spaceflight Inc., adding its satellite transportation services to its portfolio of launch vehicles and spacecraft.

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Firefly Aerospace says its future medium rocket it is developing with Northrop Grumman will be ready to compete in the next round of U.S. national security launch contracts.

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The U.S. Space Force is considering a variety of ways to rapidly respond to changing threats. One option is storing a satellite like Victus Nox, the satellite Millennium Space Systems […]

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NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the far side of the moon and to place a European satellite into lunar orbit.

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The Space Force's 'Space Safari' office is laying out a timeline for a tactically responsive launch mission projected to launch in 2023

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Firefly Aerospace says its Alpha launch early this month was a success despite the fact that its payloads, placed in a lower orbit than planned, reentered within several days.

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After winning a $17.6 million Space Force contract for a 2023 mission, Firefly eyes more opportunities in the military market

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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.

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Firefly Aerospace has hired an executive with extensive experience in aerospace and defense as its next CEO as the company gears up for its second orbital launch attempt.

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Industry’s attention is shifting to a larger class of rockets, sometimes called ”mini-launchers” capable of placing about a metric ton into orbit.

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