Firefly Aerospace has completed a successful static fire of its Alpha booster at the Vandenberg Space Force Station. The company also announced that it is planning the inaugural launch of the new rocket on Sept. 2 from the California military base.
The rideshare mission will carry a number of payloads, which are show below.
Payload
Purpose
Company/ Organization
Nation
DREAM
CubeSat deployer
Firefly
USA
BSS1 (DFAST Demonstrator)
Technology demonstration
Benchmark Space
USA
CRESST DREAM COMET
Technology demonstration
University of Cambridge
UK
Firefly Capsule 1
Education
Firefly
USA
FOSSASAT 1b
LoRa communications
FOSSA Systems
Spain
FOSSASAT 2
Photography
FOSSA Systems
Spain
GENESIS L
Amateur radio/Propulsion
AMSAT-EA
Spain
GENESIS N
Amateur radio/Propulsion
AMSAT-EA
Spain
Hiapo
Thermospheric research
Hawaii Science and Technology Museum
USA
NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1
Technology demonstration
AT&T / NPS
USA
PICOBUS-1
PocketQube deployer
Libre Space Foundation
Greece
QUBIK 1
Amateur radio
Libre Space Foundation
Greece
QUBIK 2
Amateur radio
Libre Space Foundation
Greece
Spinnaker3
Technology demonstration
Purdue University
USA
TIS Serenity
Education
Teachers in Space, Inc.
USA
Source: Wikipedia
The two-stage, 29 meter (95 foot) tall Alpha booster is capable of delivery one metric ton (2,205 lb) to low Earth orbit and 630 kg (1,389 lb) to a 500 km (311 mile) high sun-synchronous orbit. Firefly is charging $15 million for a dedicated launch.
