Firefly Alpha | FLTA001 (Maiden Flight)
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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FLTA001 (Maiden Flight)
First flight of the new Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace. It will carry Firefly’s DREAM (Dedicated Research & Education Accelerator Mission), which includes various payloads like cubesats, personal items, pictures, DNA samples and more to inspire young people to pursue STEM education.
Firefly Alpha
Height 29.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 736 kN
Diameter 1.82 Meters
Mass To LEO 1000 kg
Liftoff Mass 54 Tonnes
Launch Success 3
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2021-09-03
Launch Failures 2
Updates
SwGustav
2021-09-03T02:05:28+0000
The launch vehicle was destroyed after reaching Max-Q, exact reason unknown yet.
Nosu
2021-09-02T13:49:42+0000
Weather 100%
Nosu
2021-08-27T22:26:01+0000
Launch window announced via EDA.
spacevogel
2021-08-19T19:30:21+0000
Launch is NET Sep 2.
Cosmic_Penguin
2021-05-04T13:40:31+0000
Launch is NET mid-June.
SwGustav
2021-01-29T19:38:16+0000
NET March 14th
spacevogel
2020-11-27T18:09:48+0000
Launch is NET January 2021
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