Firefly Alpha FLTA004 Launch

Upcoming Mission

Alpha FLTA007

  • Mission Name:

    Stairway to Seven

  • Mission Type:

    Return to Flight

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA007 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    TBA

  • Payload:

    Test Demo
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Past Mission

Alpha FLTA006

  • Mission Name:

    Message in a Booster

  • Mission Type:

    Dedicated Commercial Launch

  • Customer:

    Lockheed Martin

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA006 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    April 29, 2025

  • Launch Time:

    6:37 am PDT

  • Payload:

    LM 400 Tech Demo Satellite
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Official Patch

Past Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 1

  • Mission Name:

    Ghost Riders in the Sky

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customer:

    NASA

  • Spacecraft:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander

  • Launch Date:

    January 15, 2025

  • Landing Date:

    March 2, 2025

  • Landing Time:

    2:34 a.m. CST

  • Landing Site:

    Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille
Firefly Elytra Vehicle with Xtenti's FANTM-RiDE Dispenser

Upcoming Mission

Elytra Mission 1

  • Mission Name:

    Elytra Mission 1

  • Mission Type:

    Test flight

  • Customer:

    Xtenti

  • Spacecraft:

    Elytra demo bus

  • Payload:

    FANTM-RiDE
Firefly Alpha FLTA003 VICTUS NOX Launch

Upcoming Mission

VICTUS HAZE

  • Mission Name:

    VICTUS HAZE

  • Mission Type:

    Tactically Responsive Space Launch

  • Customer:

    True Anomaly

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Payload:

    Jackal Autonomous Orbital Vehicle
Alpha FLTA005 Patch - Firefly Aerospace

Past Mission

Noise of Summer

  • Mission Name:

    Noise of Summer

  • Mission Type:

    Venture-Class Launch Services Demonstration

  • Customer:

    NASA

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA005 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    July 3, 2024

  • Launch Time:

    9:04 p.m. PDT

  • Payload:

    8 CubeSats
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3

Upcoming Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 2

  • Mission Name:

    Blue Ghost Mission 2

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customers:

    NASA; Fleet Space; UAE MBRSC; Volta Space

  • Spacecraft:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander; Elytra Dark orbital vehicle

  • Landing Site:

    Far side of the Moon

  • Payloads:

    6 government and commercial payloads
Alpha FLTA005 on the Pad

Upcoming Mission

QuickSounder

  • Mission Name:

    TBA

  • Mission Type:

    Dedicated Government Launch

  • Customer:

    NASA

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Payload:

    QuickSounder environmental satellite
Alpha FLTA005 Launch; Credit: Firefly Aerospace / Sean Parker

Upcoming Mission

INCUS

  • Mission Name:

    TBA

  • Mission Type:

    Dedicated Government Launch

  • Customer:

    NASA

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Pad 0A, NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia

  • Payloads:

    Three INCUS satellites
Firefly Alpha FLTA003 Launch - Rocket Plume

Upcoming Mission

VICTUS SOL

  • Mission Name:

    VICTUS SOL

  • Mission Type:

    Tactically Responsive Space Launch

  • Customer:

    U.S. Space Force

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Payload:

    TBA
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Past Mission

Fly the Lightning

  • Mission Name:

    Fly the Lightning

  • Mission Type:

    Dedicated Commercial Launch

  • Customer:

    Lockheed Martin

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA004 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    December 22, 2023

  • Launch Time:

    9:32 a.m. PST

  • Payload:

    Electronically Steerable Antenna Demo
Elytra Dawn in LEO rendering

Upcoming Mission

Elytra Mission 3

  • Mission Name:

    Elytra Mission 3

  • Mission Type:

    Responsive On-Orbit Demonstration

  • Customer:

    Defense Innovation Unit

  • Spacecraft:

    Elytra Orbital Vehicle

  • Payloads:

    U.S. Government Payloads
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 - Rendering

Upcoming Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 3

  • Mission Name:

    Blue Ghost Mission 3

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customer:

    NASA; Rideshare

  • Spacecraft:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander; Elytra Dark orbital vehicle

  • Landing Site:

    Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon's near side

  • Payloads:

    Government and commercial payloads
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Past Mission

VICTUS NOX

  • Mission Name:

    VICTUS NOX

  • Mission Type:

    Tactically Responsive Space Launch

  • Customer:

    U.S. Space Force

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA003 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    September 14, 2023

  • Launch Time:

    7:28 p.m. PDT

  • Payload:

    Millennium Space Systems satellite
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Past Mission

TO THE BLACK

  • Mission Name:

    To The Black

  • Mission Type:

    Test Flight

  • Customer:

    N/A

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA002 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    October 1, 2022

  • Launch Time:

    12:01 a.m. PST

  • Payloads:

    Demonstration Payloads
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Past Mission

DREAM

  • Mission Name:

    DREAM

  • Mission Type:

    Test Flight

  • Customer:

    N/A

  • Launch Vehicle:

    Alpha FLTA001 Rocket

  • Launch Site:

    Firefly SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, CA

  • Launch Date:

    September 2, 2021

  • Launch Time:

    6:59 p.m. PDT

  • Payloads:

    DREAM payloads
Firefly Aerospace - Blue Ghost Mission 4

Upcoming Mission

Blue Ghost Mission 4

  • Mission Name:

    Blue Ghost Mission 4

  • Mission Type:

    Lunar Mission

  • Customer:

    NASA; Rideshare

  • Spacecraft:

    Blue Ghost lunar lander; Elytra Dark orbital vehicle

  • Landing Site:

    Moon's south pole

  • Payloads:

    Government and commercial payloads

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