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Small satellite builders want a larger slice of the cake

May 29, 2025

By Chris Forrester Maxime Puteaux (Principal, Novaspace) moderated this panel. Novaspace is a major supplier of data and analysis focusing on upstream consulting and market intelligence related to industry issues […]

Filed Under: Satellite Build, Satellite Buses, Satellite Management, Satellite Manufacturing, SmallSat Tagged With: SmallSat Europe Updates

Firefly Aerospace ready for Monday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission

April 27, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has now been scheduled for Monday, April 28th, at 6:37 AM -7:29 AM PDT from Vandenberg. Space Launch Complex 2W has launched 97 […]

Filed Under: Firefly Aerospace, Firefly Space Transport Services, Lockheed Martin, Military, NASA, Satellite Buses, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), Space Launch Complex, SpaceX, United States Air Force, United States Air Force (USAF), Vandenberg SFB

Firefly Aerospace now plans a Sunday launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission

April 21, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 has been scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, at 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT from Vandenberg. This is the sixth flight of the […]

Filed Under: Firefly Aerospace, Hosted Payload, Hosted Payload Services, Launch, Launch Delay, Lockheed Martin, Mission Payloads, Satellite Buses, Space Communications, Vandenberg SFB

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission is ‘to be determined’

April 17, 2025

Firefly Aerospace’s launch of Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, is yet to be determined. Alpha FLTA006 is the second mission […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, Agreement, Agreement, Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Alpha Rocket, Business Moves, Firefly Aerospace, LM 400 (LMC), Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), MEO, Multi-Launch Agreement, Multi-Mission, Multiple Launch Agreement (MLA), Payloads, Satellite Buses, Vandenberg SFB

Firefly Aerospace’s Firefly Alpha to launch Lockheed Martin’s FLTA006 Message in a Booster mission on Friday

April 15, 2025

On Friday, April 18 Firefly Aerospace will launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) between 6:37 AM – 8:17 AM PDT Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, at a cost […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Communications Satellite, Connectivity, Earth Observation Satellites, Firefly Aerospace, Firefly Space Transport Services, Forecasting, Imagery, Launch, Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Missile, Missile Warning, Missile Warning System, Multi-Launch Agreement, Payloads, Radar, Radar Imaging, Remote Sensing, Satellite Buses, Space Launch Complex, Tracking, Vandenberg SFB

FireFly Alpha Message in a Booster on hold launch to be determined

April 1, 2025

The projection of a Sunday launch of FireFly Alpha’s Message in a Booster has come and gone with no statement issued as to a new date. There is a possibility […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Booster, Communications Satellite, Demonstrations, Firefly Aerospace, Launch Delay, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Space, Payloads, Satellite Buses, Smallsat Launch, Smallsat Launch Vehicles, Smallsat Payloads, Vandenberg SFB, Weather

Firefly Alpha’s Message in a Booster now booked for Sunday launch

March 28, 2025

The following is a statement issued on Vandenberg Rocket Launches Facebook page. Firefly Alpha’s delay due to strong winds still waiting for window to launch Firefly Alpha from Firefly Aerospace […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Demonstrations, Firefly Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Rocket, Satellite Buses, Vandenberg SFB

Three launches remain on schedule for Wednesday, so far

March 25, 2025

Three launches from three different agencies and locations are still scheduled for tomorrow: Rocket Lab, SpaceX and Firefly Rocket Lab’s launch for OroraTech’s “Finding Hot Wildfires Near You” SpaceX to […]

Filed Under: Booster, Constellations, Demonstrations, Falcon 9, Firefly Aerospace, Germany, Launcher, Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Monitoring, OroraTech, Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Satellite Buses, Smallsat Constellation, smallsats, Space Launch Complex, SpaceX, Starlink, Vandenberg SFB, Wildfires

Firefly Alpha is ready to launch FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) on Wednesday

March 24, 2025

Firefly Alpha from Firefly Aerospace will launch on March 26 from Space Launch Complex 2W at Vandenberg SFB at 6:37 – 8:17 am PDT, at a cost of $15 million. […]

Filed Under: Alpha Missions (FIrefly), Earth Observation Systems, Firefly Aerospace, Imagery, Launch, Launch Preparations, Launcher, Lockheed Martin, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Multi-Launch Agreement, Payloads, Risk Management, Satellite Buses, Satellite Radar, Small Launcher 1 (SL1 - HyImpulse), Vandenberg SFB, Weather Forecasting

SpaceX sends off SiriusXM SXM-9 on Thursday from Kennedy

December 5, 2024

On Thursday, December 5 at 11:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the SiriusXM SXM-9 mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. […]

Filed Under: Booster, Booster Recovery, Droneship, Falcon 9, Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO), Launch Complex 39A (Kennedy Space Center), Maxar 1300™ bus, Satellite Buses, Sirius XM, Solar Arrays, SpaceX

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