Success
FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)
Technology
Firefly Aerospace(FA)CommercialFirefly Alpha
SSOorbit
Fifth flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying eight cubesats for NASA's ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of a Nanosatellite) mission.
Thursday, July 4, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Replay
Flight Timeline
- T-18:00:00Payload Processing End
- T-17:30:00Payload Segment Preparation
- T-17:00:00Payload Segment Transport
- T-15:00:00Payload Segment Mating
- T-9:00:00Pad Configuration
- T-7:30:00Launcher Vertical
- T-5:00:00Propulsion Checkouts
- T-4:00:00Prop Load
- T-1:05:00LOX Topping
- T-20:00Ready Poll
- T-15:00Terminal Count
- T-05:00Strongback Retract
- T-02:00GO for Launch
- T-00:02Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+00:54Supersonic
- T+01:05Max-Q
- T+02:30MECO
- T+02:33Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:35SES
- T+02:45Fairing Separation
- T+08:10SECO
- T+44:33Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+55:13Payload Deployment Sequence End
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,717
FA Mission
#5
Pad Launch
#97
Location Launch
#762
Designator
2024-125
Launch Window
NET
Jul 4, 2024, 4:04 AM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Firefly Alpha Specs
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
Social Flight Log
- Jul 4, 2024, 6:16 AM
Launch success with all payloads deployed.
Source - Jul 4, 2024, 4:04 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Jul 4, 2024, 3:31 AM
Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
Source - Jul 3, 2024, 11:49 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Jul 3, 2024, 4:17 AM
NET July 4 UTC.
Source - Jul 3, 2024, 12:03 AM
Delayed to evaluate data from scrubbed attempt; next launch attempt TBD.
Source - Jul 2, 2024, 3:56 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Jul 2, 2024, 4:27 AM
Scrubbed for the day.
Source - Jul 2, 2024, 4:14 AM
Recycling for new attempt.
Source - Jul 2, 2024, 4:03 AM
Hold at T-4s.
Source - Jul 2, 2024, 3:29 AM
Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
Source - Jun 29, 2024, 9:02 PM
Delayed by a day
Source - Jun 27, 2024, 1:47 AM
NET June 30 local time.
Source - Jun 26, 2024, 2:04 AM
Delayed to July 2 UTC.
Source - Jun 24, 2024, 7:25 PM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Jun 21, 2024, 7:14 PM
Targeting June 27 UTC.
Source - May 16, 2024, 11:44 PM
NET June.
Source - Oct 13, 2023, 2:34 AM
NET March 2024.
Source - May 31, 2023, 5:34 PM
NET August 2023.
Source - May 6, 2023, 3:14 PM
NET July 2023.
Source - Jan 15, 2023, 1:19 PM
NET February 2023
Source - Nov 20, 2022, 3:28 AM
NET January 2023
Source - Jul 18, 2022, 9:18 AM
NET November 2022
Source - Mar 22, 2022, 5:44 PM
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Firefly Aerospace
Firefly 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 SFB, CA, USA
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