FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Firefly Alpha
Firefly Aerospace
Mission
FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)
Type: Government/Top Secret
Launch Cost: $15,000,000
Third flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.
Trajectory
The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.
Location
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
719 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.
Our Defence is in your hands ………..all systems GO.!
First time to the website wondering how it works. It says april 29 at 6pm MST does that mean the rocket will launch around that time? Because the launch status with date/time are still TBD?
The TBD status means the launch date and time have not been set and will likely change.
But we can expect the launch will be sometime on Saturday april 29th?
No, if the status is TBD the date is a placeholder and has not been set yet.
What is best way to know when the launches will occur. I live in Arizona and a launch from Vandenburg during sunset was such a spectacular sight from here I was lucky enough to catch simply by luck. If it happens again I want to be ready. Go America!!!
The always up to date rocket launch schedule is available on this website. Keep checking back for updates and sign up for notifications through the app or the website.
This website shows two separate launches from Vandenberg SFB at the same time, 5PM, on Tuesday May 30, 2023. I doubt that is correct. Is that due to one or the other being scheduled as a backup in case the primary one gets cancelled in time to prepare the other… Read more »
Launches are not usually scheduled more than a week out and the launches with a status of Date/Time TBD will be updated when the launch is scheduled.