Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 736 kN
- Height
- 29.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.82 m
- Launch mass
- 54 t
- Stages
- 2
- Launch cost
- $15M
- LEO capacity
- 1,000 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- 630 kg
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
7
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
57.1%
4 of 7
Current success streak
1
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven — Success
- Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) — Failure
- Firefly Alpha | FLTA005 (Noise of Summer) — Success
- Firefly Alpha | FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning) — Partial Failure
- Firefly Alpha | FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX) — Success