Firefly’s fifth Alpha rocket is being prepared to launch as early as June 26 from Vandenberg SFB in California on a NASA-backed mission to deploy eight cubesats. Firefly reveals plans for new launch sites. Firefly Aerospace plans to use the
[21 Feb 2024] Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket put a satellite in the wrong orbit in December. Now we know why.
(Image credit: Firefly Aerospace/Trevor Mahlmann) We now know why the fourth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket didn’t go entirely to plan. That mission, called Fly the Lightning, lifted off on Dec. 22 of last year, carrying an electronically steerable