Status
Failure
DREAM (Demo Flight)
Launch Time
Fri Sep 03, 2021 01:59 UTC
Fri Sep 03, 2021 01:59 UTC
The first flight of Firefly Alpha.
One of the Reaver Engines on the first stage was shutdown 15 seconds into the flight due to an electrical issue. The vehicle continued for another two minutes until it passed Mach 1, where it flipped out of control and was destroyed by range safety.
Rocket
Mission Details
Dedicated Research and Education Accelerator Mission (DREAM)
The DREAM payload is composed of 26 different CubeSats:
- BSS1
- CRESST DREAM COMET
- Firefly Capsule 1
- FossaSat-1B & 2
- GENESIS-L & N
- Hiapo
- Magneto
- NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1
- Qubik-1 & 2
- Spinnaker 3
- TIS Serenity (TISSCCE)
- Others
Payloads: 26
Near Polar Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
Stats
2021
84th orbital launch attempt
Alpha
1st mission
1st mission of 2021
1st failed mission