Multi-Mission Orbital Vehicles
Firefly’s multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space maneuverability and servicing when and where customers need it. Our line of highly mobile and scalable spacecraft provides on-demand payload delivery, imaging, long-haul communications, and domain awareness across cislunar space. Each configuration – Elytra Dawn, Elytra Dusk, and Elytra Dark – travels further into space to support larger payloads and more advanced services for both government and commercial customers.
Elytra Dawn
Rapidly available for on-demand maneuverability, delivery, and domain awareness in LEO and beyond.
Elytra Dusk
Enhanced maneuverability, acceleration, and power for responsive services and multi-path communications across orbits.
Elytra Dark
Maximum maneuverability for delivery, communications, imaging, and domain awareness across cislunar space and beyond.
Elytra Dawn
Rapidly available for on-demand maneuverability, delivery, and domain awareness in LEO and beyond.
Elytra Dusk
Enhanced maneuverability, acceleration, and power for responsive services and multi-path communications across orbits.
Elytra Dark
Maximum maneuverability for delivery, communications, imaging, and domain awareness across cislunar space and beyond.
Responsive In-Space Services
As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly has a unique advantage to launch, deploy, and service satellites in response to dynamic changes in space. Elytra can be rapidly launched to open access to more orbits and provide on-demand services, including payload maneuverability and delivery, long-haul communications, lunar imaging, and space domain awareness from LEO to lunar orbit and beyond.
Maneuverability & Delivery
Payload maneuverability, hosting & delivery; rendezvous & proximity operations
Imaging Services
Space domain awareness across orbits; lunar mapping; mineral detection; reconnaissance
Long-Haul Communications
Multi-path comms across orbits; cislunar position, navigation & timing; lunar data relays
Edge Computing
Edge compute platform for coordinated, autonomous applications
Maneuverability & Delivery
Payload maneuverability, hosting & delivery; rendezvous & proximity operations
Imaging Services
Space domain awareness across orbits; lunar mapping; mineral detection; reconnaissance
Long-Haul Communications
Multi-path comms across orbits; cislunar position, navigation & timing; lunar data relays
Edge Computing
Edge compute platform for coordinated, autonomous applications
Elytra Dawn: Rapidly Available Spacecraft
Elytra Dawn provides on-demand in-space services, including maneuverability, delivery, and space domain awareness in LEO and beyond. The lightweight orbital vehicle can be rapidly deployed on our Alpha launch vehicle to meet customers’ urgent mission needs.
Vehicle Overview
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Orbits
LEO, MEO, xGEO
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Launch Compatibility
Alpha, Eclipse, & other LVs
ESPA Grande, XL volume, or cake-topper
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Payload Capacity
Up to 300 kg
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Power
Up to 1,000 W
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Downlink
20 Mbps
X-band, GEO
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Uplink
500 kbps
S-band, GEO
Propulsion
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Main Engine
1x hypergolic thruster
200 N
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Propellant
MMH/MON-3
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Attitude Control
Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters
Delta-V
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50 kg Payload
>1,550 m/sec
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100 kg Payload
>1,400 m/sec
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300 kg Payload
>900 m/sec
Elytra Dusk: Highly Maneuverable Spacecraft
Elytra Dusk offers enhanced maneuverability, acceleration, and power for more advanced in-space services in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond. This includes rendezvous and proximity operations, space domain awareness, and multi-path communications across orbits.
Vehicle Overview
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Orbits
LEO, MEO, xGEO, Lunar Orbit
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Launch Compatibility
Alpha, Eclipse, & other NSSL class LVs
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Payload Capacity
Up to 500 kg
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Power
Up to 2,400 W
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Crosslink Support
SDA v3.2 & v4.0
Various commercial standards & RF
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Downlink
100 Mbps
X-band, GEO
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Uplink
500 kbps
S-band, GEO
Propulsion
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Main Engine
1-4x hypergolic thrusters
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Propellant
MMH/MON-3
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Attitude Control
Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters
Delta-V
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50 kg Payload
>3,250 m/sec
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100 kg Payload
>3,000 m/sec
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300 kg Payload
>2,300 m/sec
Elytra Dark: Persistent Orbital Spacecraft
Elytra Dark offers maximum maneuverability and can serve as persistent orbital spacecraft in support of a wide variety of missions from LEO to lunar orbit and beyond. The vehicles support deployments across cislunar space in addition to interplanetary transfers. Multiple Elytra Dark vehicles can also be coordinated for advanced multi-path communications, space domain awareness, and lunar imaging as part of Firefly’s Ocula imaging service.
Vehicle Overview
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Orbits
LEO, MEO, xGEO, Lunar Orbit & beyond
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Launch Compatibility
Eclipse & other NSSL class LVs
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Payload Capacity
Up to 3,300 kg
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Power
Up to 2,400 W
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Downlink
10 Mbps
X-band, Lunar Orbit
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Uplink
125 kbps
S-band, Lunar Orbit
Propulsion
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Main Engine
8x hypergolic thrusters
1,600 N
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Propellant
MMH/MON-3
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Attitude Control
Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters
Delta-V
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300 kg Payload
>2,900 m/sec
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1,000 kg Payload
>2,100 m/sec
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3,300 kg Payload
>1,100 m/sec
Orbit with Elytra
Firefly’s Elytra vehicles are customizable to specific mission needs and offer on-demand services that can be activated on operational platforms. Get in touch to learn more about booking a dedicated Elytra mission or joining an upcoming rideshare mission.
