Firefly Alpha (English Wikipedia)

Kordina, Florian (27 August 2021). "FLTA001 DREAM | Alpha". Everyday Astronaut. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

firefly.com

"U.S. SPACE FORCE SELECTS FIREFLY AEROSPACE FOR 'RAPID SPACE' VICTUS NOX MISSION". Firefly Aerospace. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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"Firefly Alpha Payload User's Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
"Firefly Alpha". Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

fireflyspace.com

"Firefly Aerospace Adds Alpha Launch Capability on Wallops Island, Virginia". Firefly Aerospace. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
Schnautz, Risa (14 September 2023). "Firefly Aerospace Successfully Launches U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX Responsive Space Mission with 24-Hour Notice". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
Schnautz, Risa (22 June 2024). "Firefly Aerospace Ready to Launch Alpha FLTA005 for NASA No Earlier Than June 26". Firefly Aerospace. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
"Firefly Aerospace Announces Multi-Launch Agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 Alpha Launches". Firefly Aerospace (Press release). 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
"Firefly Aerospace Awarded Multi-Launch Agreement with L3Harris". Firefly Aerospace (Press release). 5 September 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

libre.space

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nasa.gov

"NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Contracts for CubeSat Satellites". NASA. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Higginbotham, Scott (9 August 2021). "CubeSat Launch Initiative – Upcoming Flights" (PDF). NASA. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

nasaspaceflight.com

Neal, Mihir (2 September 2021). "Firefly Aerospace's maiden flight of Alpha launch vehicle ends in failure". NASASpaceFlight. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Gray, Tyler (15 September 2023). "Firefly's Alpha successfully launches VICTUS NOX rapid response mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
Gray, Tyler (22 December 2023). "Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on "Fly the Lightning" mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

forum.nasaspaceflight.com

"Firefly Aerospace, Inc. Elytra-1 Application". Firefly Aerospace. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

newatlas.com

Szondy, David (13 July 2014). "Firefly Space Systems unveils Alpha launch vehicle design with aerospike engine". New Atlas. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

nextspaceflight.com

"Firefly Alpha - VCLS Demo-2FB (ELaNa 43)". Next Spaceflight. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
Baylor, Michael. "Firefly Alpha - Spaceflight Industries Rideshare". Next Spaceflight. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

noaa.gov

nesdis.noaa.gov

"Firefly Alpha First Launch Payloads" (PDF). noaa.gov. NOAA—National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
"TIS Serenity Publicly-Releasable Summary of Licensed System" (PDF). Teachers in Space, Inc. NOAA. 19 March 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

satellitetoday.com

Henry, Caleb (29 September 2016). "Firefly Alpha Rocket Combustor Completes Full Mission Duty Cycle Test". Satellite Today. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

skyrocket.de

space.skyrocket.de

Krebs, Gunter. "Firefly". Gunter's Space Web. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

spaceflightinsider.com

Richardson, Derek (17 March 2018). "Firefly Aerospace demos its Lightning 1 engine". Spaceflight Insider. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

spaceflightnow.com

Clark, Stephen (2 May 2018). "Firefly's commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
"Firefly's Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launch". Spaceflight Now. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2021.

spaceforce.mil

vandenberg.spaceforce.mil

"FIREFLY ALPHA TERMINATED MID-FLIGHT". Vandenberg Space Force Base. Retrieved 5 October 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

spacenews.com

"Firefly to launch Alpha rockets from Esrange in Sweden".
Foust, Jeff (10 October 2022). "Firefly says Alpha launch a success despite payload reentries". SpaceNews. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
Werner, Debra (23 November 2015). "Firefly Aims To Build the 'Model T of Rockets'". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
"Firefly Space Systems assets to be sold". SpaceNews. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
Foust, Jeff (24 August 2021). "Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket ready for first launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Foust, Jeff (2 September 2021). "Firefly Alpha explodes during first launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Foust, Jeff (6 September 2021). "Firefly Alpha failure blamed on premature engine shutdown". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
Foust, Jeff (12 December 2020). "Three companies win NASA small launch contracts". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
Werner, Debra (8 August 2023). "NRO to conduct responsive space mission with Firefly and Xtenti". SpaceNews. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Foust, Jeff (17 July 2022). "Firefly gears up for second Alpha launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
Werner, Debra (22 October 2019). "Noosphere Venture campaign begins coming together with radar constellation". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

techcrunch.com

Etherington, Darrell (4 February 2020). "Rocket startup Firefly signs satellite constellation launch mission with Satlantis". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

techtimes.com

Nojas, Charmagne (18 March 2018). "Firefly Aerospace Makes A Comeback With Lightning 1 Engine Demo in Texas". TechTimes. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

thespacereview.com

Foust, Jeff (21 August 2017). "Small rockets, new and renewed". The Space Review. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.

theverge.com

Grush, Loren (22 February 2019). "Resurrected Firefly Aerospace will take over a launch site at busy Florida spaceport". The Verge. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

twitter.com

"Reception of raw telemetry from PocketCubes QUBIK 3&4". 3 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
"FOSSASat-1B seems to be alive and well". 1 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.

web.archive.org

"U.S. SPACE FORCE SELECTS FIREFLY AEROSPACE FOR 'RAPID SPACE' VICTUS NOX MISSION". Firefly Aerospace. 5 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
"Alpha : Economical Small Satellite Launch". firefly.com. 1 October 2022. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
Clark, Stephen (2 May 2018). "Firefly's commercial satellite launcher to use Delta 2 pad at Vandenberg". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
"Firefly Alpha Payload User's Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
Grush, Loren (22 February 2019). "Resurrected Firefly Aerospace will take over a launch site at busy Florida spaceport". The Verge. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
Kordina, Florian (27 August 2021). "FLTA001 DREAM | Alpha". Everyday Astronaut. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
"Firefly Alpha". Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
"Firefly's Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launch". Spaceflight Now. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
"Watch Firefly's Second Orbital Launch Attempt Of Their Alpha Rocket!". Everyday Astronaut. October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022 – via YouTube.
Szondy, David (13 July 2014). "Firefly Space Systems unveils Alpha launch vehicle design with aerospike engine". New Atlas. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Henry, Caleb (29 September 2016). "Firefly Alpha Rocket Combustor Completes Full Mission Duty Cycle Test". Satellite Today. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Werner, Debra (23 November 2015). "Firefly Aims To Build the 'Model T of Rockets'". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Krebs, Gunter. "Firefly". Gunter's Space Web. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
Wistrom, Brent (14 October 2015). "This Cedar Park Rocket Company Just Nabbed a US$5.5 Million NASA Contract". AustinInno. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
"NASA Awards Venture Class Launch Services Contracts for CubeSat Satellites". NASA. 14 October 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Firefly Space Systems assets to be sold". SpaceNews. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
Richardson, Derek (17 March 2018). "Firefly Aerospace demos its Lightning 1 engine". Spaceflight Insider. Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Foust, Jeff (24 August 2021). "Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket ready for first launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Neal, Mihir (2 September 2021). "Firefly Aerospace's maiden flight of Alpha launch vehicle ends in failure". NASASpaceFlight. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Foust, Jeff (2 September 2021). "Firefly Alpha explodes during first launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Berger, Eric (17 June 2019). "Firefly opens first Alpha rocket launch to academic and educational payloads". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
"PICOBUS". Libre Space Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
"Firefly Alpha First Launch Payloads" (PDF). noaa.gov. NOAA—National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service. 3 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
"TIS Serenity Publicly-Releasable Summary of Licensed System" (PDF). Teachers in Space, Inc. NOAA. 19 March 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Firefly Alpha-FLT001 livecast Archived 2 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Everyday Astronaut, 2 September 2021.
Nojas, Charmagne (18 March 2018). "Firefly Aerospace Makes A Comeback With Lightning 1 Engine Demo in Texas". TechTimes. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
Foust, Jeff (21 August 2017). "Small rockets, new and renewed". The Space Review. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
Higginbotham, Scott (9 August 2021). "CubeSat Launch Initiative – Upcoming Flights" (PDF). NASA. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
Foust, Jeff (12 December 2020). "Three companies win NASA small launch contracts". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
Foust, Jeff (17 July 2022). "Firefly gears up for second Alpha launch". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
Baylor, Michael. "Firefly Alpha - Spaceflight Industries Rideshare". Next Spaceflight. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
Etherington, Darrell (4 February 2020). "Rocket startup Firefly signs satellite constellation launch mission with Satlantis". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
"SAR Technology – EOSSAR". EOS Data Analytics. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
Werner, Debra (22 October 2019). "Noosphere Venture campaign begins coming together with radar constellation". SpaceNews. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

x.com

Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (1 October 2022). "The second @Firefly_Space Alpha was launched from Space Launch Complex 2-West at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 0701 UTC. So far one object has been tracked in a 219 x 279 km x 136.9 deg low Earth orbit" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2022 – via Twitter.
Jonathan McDowell [@planet4589] (11 February 2024). "Tantrum reported to have reentered sometime between 1426 and 1518 UTC Feb 10. That almost 1 hr uncertainty corresponds to a track from Brazil to S Africa to NW Australia to Papua to Wake Island" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

youtube.com

"Watch Firefly's Second Orbital Launch Attempt Of Their Alpha Rocket!". Everyday Astronaut. October 2022. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022 – via YouTube.
Firefly Alpha-FLT001 livecast Archived 2 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Everyday Astronaut, 2 September 2021.