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In-Space Maneuvering & Servicing

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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.

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Elytra Dawn

Rapidly available for on-demand maneuverability, delivery, and domain awareness in LEO and beyond.

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Elytra Dusk

Enhanced maneuverability, acceleration, and power for responsive services and multi-path communications across orbits.

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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.

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Maneuverability & Delivery

Payload maneuverability, hosting & delivery; rendezvous & proximity operations

Elytra Imaging Services

Imaging Services

Space domain awareness across orbits; lunar mapping; mineral detection; reconnaissance

Long-haul communications

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

  • Orbits

    LEO, MEO, xGEO

  • Launch Compatibility

    Alpha, Eclipse, & other LVs

    ESPA Grande, XL volume, or cake-topper

  • Payload Capacity

    Up to 300 kg

  • Power

    Up to 1,000 W

  • Downlink

    20 Mbps

    X-band, GEO

  • Uplink

    500 kbps

    S-band, GEO

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Propulsion

  • Main Engine

    1x hypergolic thruster

    200 N

  • Propellant

    MMH/MON-3

  • Attitude Control

    Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters

Delta-V

  • 50 kg Payload

    >1,550 m/sec

  • 100 kg Payload

    >1,400 m/sec

  • 300 kg Payload

    >900 m/sec

*Solutions are tailorable to customer needs

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

  • Orbits

    LEO, MEO, xGEO, Lunar Orbit

  • Launch Compatibility

    Alpha, Eclipse, & other NSSL class LVs

  • Payload Capacity

    Up to 500 kg

  • Power

    Up to 2,400 W

  • Crosslink Support

    SDA v3.2 & v4.0

    Various commercial standards & RF

  • Downlink

    100 Mbps

    X-band, GEO

  • Uplink

    500 kbps

    S-band, GEO

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Propulsion

  • Main Engine

    1-4x hypergolic thrusters

  • Propellant

    MMH/MON-3

  • Attitude Control

    Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters

Delta-V

  • 50 kg Payload

    >3,250 m/sec

  • 100 kg Payload

    >3,000 m/sec

  • 300 kg Payload

    >2,300 m/sec

*Solutions are tailorable to customer needs

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

  • Orbits

    LEO, MEO, xGEO, Lunar Orbit & beyond

  • Launch Compatibility

    Eclipse & other NSSL class LVs

  • Payload Capacity

    Up to 3,300 kg

  • Power

    Up to 2,400 W

  • Downlink

    10 Mbps

    X-band, Lunar Orbit

  • Uplink

    125 kbps

    S-band, Lunar Orbit

Elytra Dark rendering

Propulsion

  • Main Engine

    8x hypergolic thrusters

    1,600 N

  • Propellant

    MMH/MON-3

  • Attitude Control

    Reaction wheels & cold-gas thrusters

Delta-V

  • 300 kg Payload

    >2,900 m/sec

  • 1,000 kg Payload

    >2,100 m/sec

  • 3,300 kg Payload

    >1,100 m/sec

*Solutions are tailorable to customer needs

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.

Firefly Ocula Imaging Services
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Ocula Lunar Imaging Service

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