Firefly Aerospace Successfully Reaches Orbit and Deploys Customer Payloads with its Alpha Rocket
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Firefly Aerospace , a new space leader in launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on October 1 at 12:01am PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Key Points:
- Firefly Aerospace , a new space leader in launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced that its Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, lifting off on October 1 at 12:01am PST from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
- View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221003005371/en/
Firefly Alpha reaches orbit with Flight 2 "To The Black" mission. - (Photo: Business Wire)
With the success of this mission, Firefly is now the first company to launch and reach orbit from US soil in only its second attempt. - Firefly is scheduled for six Alpha launches to take customer payloads to space in 2023, and 12 more in 2024.