Firefly Alpha FLTA004 - Fly the Lightning patch

Completed Mission

Fly the Lightning

  • Mission Name:

    Fly the Lightning

  • Mission Type:

    Dedicated Commercial Launch

  • Customer:

    Lockheed Martin

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA004 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    Friday, December 22, 2023

  • Liftoff:

    9:32 am PST

  • Payload:

    Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) Demo

Upcoming Mission

NASA ELANA 43

  • Mission Name:

    NASA ELANA 43

  • Mission Type:

    Venture Class Launch Services Demonstration

  • Customer:

    NASA

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha launch vehicle

  • Launch Date:

    TBA

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

Upcoming Mission

Elytra Mission 1

  • Mission Name:

    Elytra Mission 1

  • Mission Type:

    Responsive Space Demonstration

  • Customer:

    Rideshare

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha launch vehicle; Elytra orbital vehicle

  • Launch Date:

    2024

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

Upcoming Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 1

  • Mission Name:

    Blue Ghost Mission 1

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customer:

    NASA; Rideshare

  • Vehicle:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander

  • Landing Date:

    2024

  • Landing Site:

    Mare Crisium, northern lunar hemisphere
Rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander with NASA’s LuSEE-Night radio telescope

Upcoming Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 2

  • Mission Name:

    Blue Ghost Mission 2

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customer:

    NASA; Rideshare

  • Vehicle:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander; Elytra orbital vehicle

  • Landing Date:

    2026

  • Landing Site:

    Far side of the Moon
Firefly Aerospace VICTUS NOX Patch

Completed Mission

VICTUS NOX

  • Mission Name:

    VICTUS NOX

  • Mission Type:

    Responsive Space Demonstration

  • Customer:

    U.S. Space Force

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA003 Rocket

  • Launch Date:

    September 14, 2023

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

Completed Mission

TO THE BLACK

  • Mission Name:

    TO THE BLACK

  • Mission Type:

    Test Flight

  • Customer:

    Demonstration Payloads

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA002 Rocket

  • Launch Date:

    October 1, 2022

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

Completed Mission

DREAM

  • Mission Name:

    DREAM

  • Mission Type:

    Test Flight

  • Customer:

    Demonstration Payloads

  • Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA001 Rocket

  • Launch Date:

    September 2, 2021

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

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