Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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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.
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
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-29T18:12:00+0000
Launch failure confirmed.
hitura-nobad
2025-04-29T13:37:00+0000
Liftoff!
LL2
2025-04-29T12:53:00+0000
Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-29T00:16:00+0000
Confirmed rescheduling to April 29.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-28T14:16:00+0000
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-28T14:08:00+0000
Recycled for end of launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-28T14:06:00+0000
Hold at T-4:44.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-28T13:45:00+0000
Countdown resumed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-28T13:30:00+0000
Hold at T-8 minutes.
LL2
2025-04-28T12:49:00+0000
Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-27T11:08:00+0000
1 day delay due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-26T18:03:00+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-26T01:31:00+0000
Added weather forecast.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-25T03:17:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-16T16:48:00+0000
Delayed to NET April 27 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-14T17:12:00+0000
NET April 18 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-03T04:05:00+0000
Reverted back to NET April with cancellation of NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-02T17:25:00+0000
NET April 4 per NOTAMs, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-29T19:30:00+0000
Reverted back to NET March with cancellation of NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-27T13:24:00+0000
NET March 30, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-26T01:22:00+0000
Reverted back to NET March TBD with cancellations of NOTAMs for March 26/27.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-19T13:03:00+0000
NET March 26.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-14T22:29:00+0000
Delayed due to range conflict.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-06T02:21:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-03-05T07:33:00+0000
NET mid-March.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-02-11T16:24:00+0000
Launch order swapped with that of TacSat.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-21T03:28:00+0000
Added launch.
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