Firefly Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:15:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Firefly Archives - SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Lockheed Martin to launch 5G demonstration on Firefly rocket https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-to-launch-5g-demonstration-on-firefly-rocket/ https://spacenews.com/lockheed-martin-to-launch-5g-demonstration-on-firefly-rocket/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:14:44 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=509910

The ‘TacSat’ mission marks the second launch under Lockheed Martin's multi-launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace.

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Firefly to launch True Anomaly’s Jackal vehicle for U.S. Space Force mission https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-true-anomalys-jackal-vehicle-for-u-s-space-force-mission/ https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-true-anomalys-jackal-vehicle-for-u-s-space-force-mission/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 13:01:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=507245

The companies announced an agreement to support the Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Space program

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Firefly cleared to compete for National Reconnaissance Office launch missions https://spacenews.com/firefly-cleared-to-compete-for-national-reconnaissance-office-launch-missions/ https://spacenews.com/firefly-cleared-to-compete-for-national-reconnaissance-office-launch-missions/#respond Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:25:22 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=230897 Alpha 4th launch
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Firefly Aerospace announced it will compete for launch services contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office under a new program set up by the agency to procure rides for its small satellites.

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Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-a-lockheed-martin-satellite-antenna-demonstration/ https://spacenews.com/firefly-to-launch-a-lockheed-martin-satellite-antenna-demonstration/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:45:33 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=211271

The next launch by Firefly Aerospace, scheduled for December, will be an electronically steerable antenna payload designed by Lockheed Martin for a technology demonstration.

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Tactically Responsive Space strengthens America https://spacenews.com/tactically-responsive-space-strengthens-america/ https://spacenews.com/tactically-responsive-space-strengthens-america/#respond Mon, 18 Sep 2023 14:44:03 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=187447

The U.S. Space Force, Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space demonstrated a Tactically Responsive Space capability that's the next step in utilizing commercial capability to augment national security space in a time of need – anytime, anywhere. 

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Firefly Aerospace and Xtenti Collaborate to Conduct Responsive Space Demonstration in Support of the NRO https://spacenews.com/firefly-aerospace-and-xtenti-collaborate-to-conduct-responsive-space-demonstration-in-support-of-the-nro/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:49:44 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=210262 Firefly
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced a new agreement with Xtenti, LLC, an innovative space logistics company, to conduct a responsive space mission with Firefly’s orbital […]

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Firefly Aerospace Adds Former NASA Administrator James Bridenstine to its Advisory Board https://spacenews.com/firefly-aerospace-adds-former-nasa-administrator-james-bridenstine-to-its-advisory-board/ Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:33:27 +0000 https://spaceref.com/?p=203907 Firefly
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Firefly Aerospace (“Firefly” or “the Company”), a new space leader in launch, spacecraft, and in-space services, announced today that former NASA Administrator James Bridenstine, who led the space agency in […]

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