FLTA002 (To The Black)
Firefly Alpha
Firefly Aerospace
Weather Forecast During Launch
60F with scattered clouds, 28% cloud cover and 9mph wind speed.
Mission
FLTA002 (To The Black)
Type: Test Flight
Launch Cost: $15,000,000
Second test flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace.
Location
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
703 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
Rocket
Firefly Alpha – Firefly Aerospace
Family: Firefly Alpha
Length: 29 m
Diameter: 1.82 m
Launch Mass: 54 T
Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 1000 kg
The Firefly Alpha was manufactured by Firefly Aerospace with the first launch on 2021-09-03. Firefly Alpha has 0 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 1 launches. Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.
Agency
Firefly Aerospace
Type: Commercial
Abbreviation: FA
Administration: Tom Markusic
Founded: 2014
Country: USA
Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.
Test flight here we come.!
Good Luck!
Hoping you are successful, best of luck.
Rocket Launch Count of 702 I believe is way on the low side.
Drove up yesterday from the OC. Looking forward to a successful launch. Good luck to all involved.
Fly to the darkness of space
Will we see any plumes that late at night?
Do you mean the jellyfish effect? The jellyfish effect only happens just before sunrise and just after sunset.
Is it worth watching the launch in person (as close as possible). I use to live in the area but never watched a launch. Will be in town that week and would love to see a launch if their worth it. Thanks
We love watching launches and think it is worth watching and hearing a launch.