OperationalFirefly AerospaceFirst Launch: 2021-09-03
Firefly Alpha
Small-lift expendable launch vehicle built with carbon-composite structures, targeting the commercial small satellite launch market.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
7
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
3
2 failures
SUCCESS RATE
42.9%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
Firefly AerospaceFeatured Photography
Firefly Alpha 'To The Black' Successful Orbital Flight
Firefly Aerospace / U.S. Space Force
Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: Firefly AerospaceVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 29 m
- Body Diameter
- 1.82 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 54 t
- Stages Count
- 2
- Fairing Diameter
- 2.2 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 1 t
- Cost per Launch
- $15,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$14,563 / kg
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High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
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Liftoff2022-10-01Firefly Alpha 'To The Black' Successful Orbital Flight
Firefly Alpha rocket reaches orbit on its second test flight 'To The Black' from Space Launch Complex 2 West at Vandenberg.
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Pad2021-08-15Firefly Alpha Standing at Vandenberg SLC-2W
Carbon composite Firefly Alpha launch vehicle erected on the launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Firefly Aerospace
Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Firefly Alpha.
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