Firefly Alpha | FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Firefly Aerospace (Commercial)
• Rocket: Firefly Alpha — Firefly Alpha family

Mission

Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s new wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) technology integrated on a Terran Orbital Nebula satellite bus. Developed within Lockheed Martin Space’s Ignite organization using a proprietary design, the ESA payload will demonstrate faster on-orbit sensor calibration to deliver rapid capabilities to U.S. warfighters.

• Type: Technology
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Space Launch Complex 2W
• Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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