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Fifth flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying eight cubesats for NASA's ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of a Nanosatellite) mission.
Orbital Attempt
#6,717
FA Mission
#5
Pad Launch
#97
Location Launch
#762
Designator
2024-125
Jul 4, 2024, 4:04 AM
Minute
1 update
Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.
Length
29.6 m
Diameter
1.82 m
Launch Mass
54 t
Thrust
736 kN
LEO Capacity
1,000 kg
SSO Capacity
630 kg
Launch Cost
$15M
Reusable
No
Maiden Flight
2021
Fastest Turnaround
3mo 8d
Total Launches
7
Successful
4
Failed
3
Consecutive Success
1
Maiden flight: Sep 3, 2021
Launch success with all payloads deployed.
SourceLiftoff.
SourceOfficial Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
SourceGO for launch.
SourceNET July 4 UTC.
SourceDelayed to evaluate data from scrubbed attempt; next launch attempt TBD.
SourceGO for launch.
SourceScrubbed for the day.
SourceRecycling for new attempt.
SourceHold at T-4s.
SourceOfficial Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
SourceDelayed by a day
SourceNET June 30 local time.
SourceDelayed to July 2 UTC.
SourceTweaked T-0.
SourceTargeting June 27 UTC.
SourceNET June.
SourceNET March 2024.
SourceNET August 2023.
SourceNET July 2023.
SourceNET February 2023
SourceNET January 2023
SourceNET November 2022
SourceAdding launch
SourceFirefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.
Founded
2014
Administrator
CEO: Peter Schumacher
Total Launches
7
Successful
4
Failed
3
Pending
4
Consecutive Success
1
Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Local Launch Time
Jul 3, 2024, 9:04 PM
Total Launches
885
Total Landings
34
Coordinates
34.7513, -120.5202