A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace‘s Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. The liftoff occurred 27 hours after the U.S. Space Force issued a launch order for the TacRS […] More

A Millennium Space Systems-built satellite took off Thursday aboard Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket from a launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as part of a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called Victus Nox. More

Firefly Aerospace will perform low-earth-orbit satellite launch services for L3Harris Technologies missions to meet the U.S. government’s responsive space requirements. The agreement involves three dedicated launches aboard Firefly’s Alpha vehicle, scheduled for 2026 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base’s SLC-2 launch site, Cedar Park, Texas-based company said Tuesday. Alpha is a small satellite launch vehicle designed to […] More

Firefly Aerospace will perform low-earth-orbit satellite launch services for L3Harris Technologies missions to meet the U.S. government's responsive space requirements. The agreement involves three dedicated launches aboard Firefly's Alpha vehicle, scheduled for 2026 at the Vandenberg Space Force Base's SLC-2 launch site. More

Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary and Firefly Aerospace have moved into a six-month hot standby phase for a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called VICTUS NOX, and will wait for a callup to launch the payload within 24 hours. Once the Space Force issues a launch notice, the mission team will encapsulate and […] More

Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary and Firefly Aerospace have moved into a six-month hot standby phase for a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called VICTUS NOX, and will wait for a callup to launch the payload within 24 hours. More

Boeing’s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary and Firefly Aerospace have moved into a six-month hot standby phase for a Space Systems Command-led Tactically Responsive Space mission, called VICTUS NOX, and will wait for a callup to launch the payload within 24 hours. More

Firefly Aerospace will collaborate with space technology developer Xtenti on a National Reconnaissance Office-led responsive space demonstration using the former’s Elytra orbital vehicle and the latter’s FANTM-RiDE small satellite dispenser. Xtenti is under a follow-on study contract with NRO to showcase the rapid payload reconfiguration capabilities of FANTM-RiDE or Flight Agnostic Non-interfering, Tunable Mass Rideshare […] More

Bretton Alexander has been appointed as chief revenue officer of Firefly Aerospace, bringing over three decades of experience in the aerospace industry to the company. As chief revenue officer, Alexander will work to speed up company growth, expand Firefly’s customer base and cultivate relationships with existing clients, the Cedar Park, Texas-based organization announced on Friday. “Brett’s global […] More

Firefly Aerospace has raised $30.2 million as part of the initial tranche of a Series C funding round valued at $300 million, Austin Inno reported Friday. The fundraising comes as the Cedar Park, Texas-based rocket startup expands its set of launch vehicles and prepares for upcoming launches, including a satellite deployment mission with NASA and […] More

Chris Emerson, former CEO and chairman of Airbus‘ U.S. space and defense business, has joined the board of directors of Firefly Aerospace to provide industry expertise as the company pursues space transportation opportunities. Emerson brings to the Firefly board more than 25 years of experience in aerospace and defense, space as well as commercial aviation, […] More

Subsidiaries of Boeing and Firefly Aerospace have received separate task orders to provide systems and services for a U.S. Space Force mission with the goal of demonstrating rapid payload deployment to low Earth orbit. Millennium Space Systems will produce the spacecraft and sensor hardware and ground infrastructure while Firefly Space Transport Services will supply the […] More