Firefly lunar lander touches down on the moon
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Firefly Aerospace @Firefly_Space
Beautiful picture-perfect view of our Alpha rocket as we lifted off from @vandenberg_sfb at 9:32 a.m. PST this morning. Next, our second-stage engine will place the @lockheedmartin payload in its final orbit!
11:59 AM · Dec 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/Firefly_Space/status/1738258057820336416
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launches Lockheed Martin satellite to space
'Fly the Lightning' is taking a satellite to orbit for Lockheed Martin.
By Mike Wall | Dec 22, 2023
https://www.space.com/firefly-aerospace-launch-fly-the-lightning
The mission, codenamed “Fly the Lightning,” seeks to deploy an Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) demonstrator payload developed by Lockheed Martin’s Ignite organization as part of an agreement signed by the two companies in June.
Integrated onto a Terran Orbital Nebula small satellite bus and built using a proprietary design, the new wideband ESA sensor is expected to calibrate and be ready for operation in much less time than traditional on-orbit sensors, demonstrating the delivery of rapid capabilities to U.S. warfighters stationed across the globe.
The satellite, nicknamed “Tantrum,” serves as the lone payload launched on the FLTA004 “Fly the Lightning” mission — the fourth overall flight for Firefly’s Alpha small satellite launch vehicle and the second flight for the company in 2023.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/12/fly-the-lightning/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Firefly Aerospace to Compete for Launch Service Missions Under $700M NRO Contract
By Naomi Cooper | January 26, 2024
https://www.govconwire.com/2024/01/firefly-aerospace-to-compete-for-la
unch-service-missions-under-700m-nro-contract/
Firefly Aerospace has been qualified to compete for task orders under a potential 10-year, $700 million contract to provide its Alpha rocket to launch small satellites for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The company said Thursday it will serve as a launch service provider under the Streamlined Launch Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract to deploy NRO satellites to low Earth orbit from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, said the company has doubled the size of its launch facilities, installed automated carbon composite technologies and fine-tuned operations to address the growing demand for its Alpha rocket.
The small launch vehicle has a payload capacity of over 1,000 kg and can be paired with Firefly’s Elytra vehicle to support relocation, space domain awareness, and de-orbiting services.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Rooting for them.
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Firefly Aerospace Wants to Put Artificial Intelligence in Space
Is AI just a fad, or can it actually do some useful stuff?
One company that aims to find out is Swiss edge computing company Klepsydra, which, with a little help from Firefly Aerospace, aims to test whether AI can be used to fly spaceships later this year. In April, I had the opportunity to discuss this Klepsydra mission with Firefly CEO Bill Weber, who explained why AI may be uniquely suited for use in space.
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Launch Time
Thu Jul 4, 2024 12:04 AM EDT
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6865
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/07/firefly-noise-of-summer/
Firefly launch
Reaver engines
Serenity satellite
Here is the text to video of launch if video doesn’t work here.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=VWAg2vWfWnY
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Firefly lunar lander headed for the moon.
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Firefly lunar lander headed for the moon
Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander is flying annual missions to the Moon with payload services customized to the technology and exploration goals of each customer.
https://fireflyspace.com/blue-ghost/
Blue Ghost Mission 1
Launch Date: Mid-January 2025
Landing Site: Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille
Mission Name: Ghost Riders in the Sky
https://fireflyspace.com/missions/blue-ghost-mission-1/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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NASA announced that it has awarded a new $179 million contract to Texas-based Firefly Aerospace as part of the Artemis lunar missions, the fourth it has awarded to the company to deliver projects to the Moon’s surface.
The mission, which aims to launch in 2028, will utilize the space startup’s Blue Ghost cargo lander to deliver six scientific experiments to an area on the Moon called Gruithuisen Domes, which were formed by lava millions of years ago in order to better understand Lunar geology.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/more-nasa-science-tech-will-fly-to-m
oon-aboard-future-firefly-flight/
Firefly’s first Moon mission for NASA is currently slated to launch in mid-January 2025 on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. That mission is scheduled to land at Mare Crisium in order to study a variety of surface conditions to help prepare for future crewed missions to the Moon.
https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-blue-ghost-mission-1-t
o-the-moon-readies-for-launch/
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That's great stuff SECOND. Firefly lives on.
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