Firefly Aerospace, a Cedar Park-based spacecraft manufacturer, has scored a nearly $22M deal with the Space Force to launch a ...

The Space Force would not confirm a target launch date for the mission, but its fiscal 2025 budget set late 2025 or 2026 as ...

These missions require Firefly to keep a rocket on standby and launch within 24 hours of notice from Space Force.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace ORLANDO, Fla. — Firefly Aerospace expects to start launching its Alpha rocket from launch sites in Virginia and Sweden as soon as 2026 to help the company avoid growing ...

With this new lease of life, Firefly began rapidly developing the Alpha, a dedicated small-satellite rocket that is theoretically capable of delivering a 1,000 kilogram (2,204 pounds) payload to a ...

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., the leader in responsive space launch services, today announced the company was awarded a $21.81 ...

All the while, Firefly's pushed forward. Building and testing at its "Rocket Ranch" outside Austin, Texas, the 700-person ...

The company will keep a rocket and vehicle on standby so Space Force can order launches for more quick responses. Firefly Aerospace ... but will maintain one of its Alpha rockets on standby ...

Firefly will continue to launch other government and commercial missions while maintaining an Alpha rocket on standby for the Space Force. Then at an unknown time, the Space Force will give ...