To The Black

Launch Partial Failure

Liftoff Time (GMT)

07:01:00

Saturday October 1, 2022

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Launch Notes

Second demonstration flight of Firefly Alpha. Firefly was able to achieve orbit for the first time, however, the educational payloads on-board were deployed in a lower orbit than expected.

Teachers in Space - Serenity

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The 3U CubeSat will collect flight data during the mission and make it available to the educational community for analysis and comparison to data collected on other flights and vehicles.

Retrograde Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

2 kilograms

NASA - TES-15

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The TechEdSat-15 (TES-15) mission is a NASA-owned, in coordination with San Jose State, 3U CubeSat. The TES-15 design is a ‘hot,’ articulated exo-brake that allows for de-orbit targeting through drag-modulation and deeper penetration into the atmosphere to validate COM systems for future Entry Design Landing (EDL) system flights. The exo-brake will deploy after the CubeSat is ejected from its dispenser to deorbit the CubeSat.

Retrograde Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

4 kilograms

Libre Space Foundation - PicoBus

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An 8P Pocketqube deployer to be used to deploy 6 picosatellites into space and test the world’s first fully free and open-source telecommunications constellation GENESIS-G & GENESIS-J (AMSAT Spain). Objective: Technology demonstration for radio-amateurs, micro sub-joule pulsed plasma thruster & test platform to build heritage for future missions FOSSASAT-1B. Objective: Communication & Remote sensing Technology Demonstrator of LoRa telecommunications, ADCS demonstration, & low-resolution earth imager experiment. Qubik-1 & Qubik-2 (Libre Space). Objective: Communication Technology Demonstrator performing multiple telecommunication experiments

Retrograde Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

6 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Alpha

Active Since 2021

Firefly Aerospace logo

Agency

Firefly

Price

$15.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 1.82m

Height: 29.48m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 1,030 kg

Liftoff Thrust

801 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 2.2m

Height: 5m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-2W

Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Fastest Turnaround

13 days 1 hour

Stats

Alpha


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 2022

2022


126th

Orbital launch attempt