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Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)

Name: Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)
Start: 2024-07-04T04:04:00.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Firefly Aerospace · Firefly Alpha · Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Firefly Aerospace's 5th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,717th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--July 4, 2024 · 04:04 UTCAdd to calendar

Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jul 4, 04:03 – Jul 4, 04:33 UTC

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FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)

Fifth flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying eight cubesats for NASA's ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of a Nanosatellite) mission.

Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

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Alpha FLTA005 "Noise of Summer" — Firefly Aerospace

Flight timeline

T−18HPayload Processing End
T−17H30MPayload Segment Preparation
T−17HPayload Segment Transport
T−15HPayload Segment Mating
T−9HPad Configuration
T−7H30MLauncher Vertical
T−5HPropulsion Checkouts
T−4HProp Load
T−1H5MLOX Topping
T−20MReady Poll
T−15MTerminal Count
T−5MStrongback Retract
T−2MGO for Launch
T−2SIgnition
P0DLiftoff
T+54SSupersonic
T+1M5SMax-Q
T+2M30SMECO
T+2M33SStage 2 Separation
T+2M35SSES
T+2M45SFairing Separation
T+8M10SSECO
T+44M33SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
T+55M13SPayload Deployment Sequence End

Updates

Launch success with all payloads deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/4/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/4/2024 · source
Official Webcast by Firefly Aerospace has started
LL2 · 7/4/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
NET July 4 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
Delayed to evaluate data from scrubbed attempt; next launch attempt TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/3/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2024 · source
Recycling for new attempt.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2024 · source
Hold at T-4s.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 2W

Local pad time: Jul 3, 9:04 PM PDT

99 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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