Firefly Alpha | FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)

Firefly Alpha | FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)

Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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Firefly Aerospace

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.

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FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)

Third flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.

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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


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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-15T06:44:37+0000

Launch success with satellite deployed.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-09-15T02:34:33+0000

Liftoff.

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Nosu

2023-09-14T07:28:07+0000

Adding probable launch window

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-02-08T05:51:55+0000

NET May

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