Firefly AerospaceFirefly Alpha Block 2Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
ConnectedCosmos Launch 1
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.NET Q4 2026Add to calendar
Image: Firefly Aerospace / Jack Beyer
Summary
ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 is expected to launch on a Firefly Aerospace Firefly Alpha Block 2 from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA in Q4 2026. It is Firefly Aerospace's 10th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 7,531st orbital launch attempt. It is planned as the 1st Firefly Alpha Block 2 flight. The payload is bound for Polar Orbit (PO).
- Watch
- No webcast announced yet.
- Vehicle
- Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Firefly Aerospace
- Booster
- No booster details available.
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- Planned as the 1st Firefly Alpha Block 2 flightFirefly Aerospace's 10th launch4th this yearhumanity's 7,531st orbital launch attempt358th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: representative
Target site default for this orbit type. Not a catalogued object; this panel switches to the tracked orbit once the object is catalogued. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
About this launch
First of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Planned as the 102nd launch from Space Launch Complex 2W, 4th this year · 950th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
99 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
293 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
NET Q4.
Show 4 earlier updates
Updated payload for possible next launch of Firefly Alpha (VICTUS HAZE Jackal now confirmed to have already launched on Falcon 9).
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/26/2026 · source
NET late summer (exact near term manifest TBD).
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/6/2026 · source
NET Q2 2026.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/18/2025 · source
Added launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/18/2024 · source
Questions
When does ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 launch?
ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 is scheduled in Q4 2026.
Where can I watch ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 live?
No webcast has been announced yet.
What rocket is launching ConnectedCosmos Launch 1?
Firefly Alpha Block 2, flown by Firefly Aerospace. Firefly Alpha Block 2 spec sheet
Where is ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 launching from?
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
What orbit is ConnectedCosmos Launch 1 going to?
Polar Orbit (PO), a communications mission.