Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
Firefly Aerospace
Apr 18, 2025, 1:37 PM
Status: To Be Confirmed
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.
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Technology
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.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
Technology
Firefly Alpha
Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Updates
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Apr 14, 2025, 5:12 PM
NET April 18 per new NOTAMs.
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Apr 3, 2025, 4:05 AM
Reverted back to NET April with cancellation of NOTAMs.
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Apr 2, 2025, 5:25 PM
NET April 4 per NOTAMs, TBC.
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Mar 29, 2025, 7:30 PM
Reverted back to NET March with cancellation of NOTAMs.
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Mar 27, 2025, 1:24 PM
NET March 30, TBC.
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Mar 26, 2025, 1:22 AM
Reverted back to NET March TBD with cancellations of NOTAMs for March 26/27.
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Mar 19, 2025, 1:03 PM
NET March 26.
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Mar 14, 2025, 10:29 PM
Delayed due to range conflict.
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Mar 6, 2025, 2:21 AM
GO for launch.
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Mar 5, 2025, 7:33 AM
NET mid-March.
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Feb 11, 2025, 4:24 PM
Launch order swapped with that of TacSat.
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Nov 21, 2024, 3:28 AM
Added launch.
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