Firefly Alpha | FLTA002 (To The Black)
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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FLTA002 (To The Black)
Second test flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace.
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 2
Consecutive Success 2
Maiden Flight 2021-09-03
Launch Failures 2
Updates
Nosu
2022-10-01T08:35:17+0000
Launch success confirmed
Nosu
2022-10-01T07:01:26+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2022-10-01T00:14:45+0000
Setting GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-30T08:13:48+0000
Scrubbed for the day
Nosu
2022-09-30T07:52:37+0000
Abort
Nosu
2022-09-30T07:27:49+0000
Countdown resumed for a new attempt at 07:52 UTC
Nosu
2022-09-30T07:05:37+0000
Abort during countdown, awaiting potential recycle during the launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-30T05:19:24+0000
Webcast live
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-30T02:37:30+0000
Adjusting T-0
Jay
2022-09-19T22:28:52+0000
Targeting September 30th at 07:01 UTC with a 2 hour launch window.
SwGustav
2022-09-16T20:33:09+0000
NET September 29th
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-14T23:11:44+0000
Updated launch window
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-14T17:54:31+0000
New launch window for Sep. 19 attempt
SwGustav
2022-09-12T21:04:35+0000
Scrub due to weather, next window NET September 19th
SwGustav
2022-09-12T20:51:47+0000
Coverage live
SwGustav
2022-09-12T00:11:20+0000
Scrub, 24 hour recycle
SwGustav
2022-09-11T23:55:41+0000
Updating T-0
Jay
2022-09-11T23:08:26+0000
New T-0 of 01:59 UTC
Jay
2022-09-11T22:26:22+0000
Hold released. New T-0 23:20 UTC
Jay
2022-09-11T21:59:28+0000
Abort
SwGustav
2022-09-11T21:18:30+0000
Coverage live
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-09-02T15:05:50+0000
Updating launch window
Jay
2022-08-22T14:12:56+0000
Adjusting T-0, setting GO
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-08-09T14:58:35+0000
NET September 11
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-07-18T09:17:31+0000
NET Late August
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-05-26T15:44:12+0000
NET July 17
Nosu
2022-03-22T17:40:22+0000
Adding launch
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