Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)

Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)

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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FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)

Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.

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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 3


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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-29T18:12:00+0000

Launch failure confirmed.

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hitura-nobad

2025-04-29T13:37:00+0000

Liftoff!

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LL2

2025-04-29T12:53:00+0000

Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-29T00:16:00+0000

Confirmed rescheduling to April 29.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-28T14:16:00+0000

Scrubbed for the day.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-28T14:08:00+0000

Recycled for end of launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-28T14:06:00+0000

Hold at T-4:44.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-28T13:45:00+0000

Countdown resumed.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-28T13:30:00+0000

Hold at T-8 minutes.

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LL2

2025-04-28T12:49:00+0000

Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-27T11:08:00+0000

1 day delay due to weather.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-26T18:03:00+0000

Updated launch weather.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-26T01:31:00+0000

Added weather forecast.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-25T03:17:00+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-16T16:48:00+0000

Delayed to NET April 27 per NOTAMs.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-14T17:12:00+0000

NET April 18 per new NOTAMs.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-03T04:05:00+0000

Reverted back to NET April with cancellation of NOTAMs.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-04-02T17:25:00+0000

NET April 4 per NOTAMs, TBC.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-29T19:30:00+0000

Reverted back to NET March with cancellation of NOTAMs.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-27T13:24:00+0000

NET March 30, TBC.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-26T01:22:00+0000

Reverted back to NET March TBD with cancellations of NOTAMs for March 26/27.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-19T13:03:00+0000

NET March 26.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-14T22:29:00+0000

Delayed due to range conflict.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-06T02:21:00+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-03-05T07:33:00+0000

NET mid-March.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2025-02-11T16:24:00+0000

Launch order swapped with that of TacSat.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-11-21T03:28:00+0000

Added launch.

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