After Setbacks, Firefly’s Alpha Roars Back To Orbit

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Firefly has upcoming missions scheduled for the U.S. Space Force, NASA and commercial customers.

Credit: Sean Parker/Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace has returned to flight after nearly one year, ready to resume its mission to bring additional launch capacity to hungry U.S. government and commercial space customers. The Cedar Park, Texas-based provider’s Alpha launch vehicle took off March 11 from the company’s Space Launch...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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