FLTA002 (To The Black)
Firefly Alpha
Firefly Aerospace
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
711 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 1 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 2 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 – FA
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: FA
- Administration: Bill Weber
- 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.
