Firefly Flight 2 -- Road to Success
2 months agoSince our first test launch last September, we have been itching to get back to the pad. With the completion of acceptance testing of...
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Firefly Aerospace Inc. (“Firefly”), headquartered in Austin, TX, is committed to providing economical and convenient access to space for small payloads through the design, manufacture and operation of reliable launch vehicles. The Firefly team addresses the market’s need for flexible access to space with a “simplest/soonest” approach to technology selection. Firefly launch vehicles embody the insights of a diverse design team and leverage commercial off–the–shelf (COTS) components, manufactured by suppliers across the United States, to reduce risk, maximize reliability and minimize development time.
Led by CEO Tom Markusic and Max Polyakov, Firefly is majority owned by Noosphere Ventures, which has the resources to independently and fully fund Firefly through first launch. Firefly is on track to deliver a US solution for the 1,000 to 4,000 kg payload class to LEO by the end of 2020 for a starting price of $15M. Firefly is committed to doing its part to restore U.S. leadership in the small to medium launch market, and is establishing international offices and strategic partnerships to effectively serve the global market.
Since our first test launch last September, we have been itching to get back to the pad. With the completion of acceptance testing of...
The Firefly team is laser-focused on reaching orbit this year. With the successful stage 2 hotfire today, both stages of our flight 2...
Firefly conducted the first flight test of our Alpha vehicle on September 2, 2021. Although the vehicle did not make it to orbit, the...
Yesterday, August 18, Firefly performed a static fire test of the Alpha launch vehicle on its Vandenberg launch pad. The fully-fueled,...
Firefly has completed acceptance testing of Alpha Flight 1 Stage 2! The stage will now ship to Vandenberg and be integrated with Stage...
Alpha Flight 1 Stage 1 Arrives at Vandenberg...
Firefly’s fairing separation system was designed and manufactured in-house. It is “operationally resettable” so we are able to fully...
The Firefly Alpha Flight 1 Stage 1 passed its Final Acceptance Test yesterday! After a final inspection, it will be transported to...
Some additional footage of last weekend's Alpha Flight 1 Stage 1 acceptance testing. Check out the engines gimballing for the thrust...
Today we performed a test of the Alpha flight first stage. The four Reaver engines performed 35 seconds of thrust vector control...