Firefly Joins Northrop, Rocket Lab At Wallops Island Launch Site

Firefly's fifth Alpha rocket is being prepared to launch as early as June 26 from Vandenberg SFB in California on a NASA-backed mission to deploy eight cubesats.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace plans to use the state of Virginia-owned launchpad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for East Coast launches of its Alpha small-satellite rocket. The company plans to use Pad-0A for U.S. military and other missions, particularly those requiring tight turnaround between procurement...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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