Video from Thursday's 300 second Alpha Second Stage Qualification Testing! pic.twitter.com/2ogmwLDx96 — Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) April 27, 2019
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CEDAR PARK, Texas, July 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly), a developer of orbital launch vehicles for the small to medium satellite market, announced today the formation of an all-star advisory board. Members of the board act as ambassadors and advocates of Firefly and support the executive and management teams through consultation and strategic analysis. Initial appointments to the Firefly board are Jeff Bingham, Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., George Nield, and William F. Readdy.
Jeff Bingham brings nearly 40 years of governmental experience to Firefly. Instrumental in shaping space station policy, he served most recently as the senior advisor on space for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. He was previously the associate administrator for NASA’s Office of Legislative Affairs. Jeff played a key role in ensuring continued congressional support for the ISS as the legislative coordinator for the International Space Station program.
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Firefly commences integrated stage testing for the Alpha launch vehicle. The development tanks and fluid systems were installed on Briggs Test Stand 2. Integrated Lightning engine testing continues on Test Stand 1. Fully integrated hot fire tests of Alpha stage 2 coming soon. pic.twitter.com/0kVf85L42F — Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) July 29, 2018
Two three-unit (3U) CubeSats. At about a foot in length and four inches wide, these are similar in design to IceCube and the five selected heliophysics CubeSats. (Credit: NASA)
NASA officials have been providing updates this week on agency programs and missions during the 2016 Small Satellite Conference and the CubeSat Workshop that preceded it. I have pulled together summaries of their presentations drawn from Twitter. Information has come from the following Tweeters:
- Jeff Foust @jeff_foust
- David Hurst @OrbitalDave
- Hanna Steplewska @spacesurfingirl
- Augie Allen @AugieAllen
- RITSpaceExploration @RITSPEX
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CubeSats (Credit: ESA/Medialab)
The Small Satellite 2016 Conference got underway today in Logan, Utah. Although I was not able to make it, I’ve been able to follow the conference via Twitter. A number of small satellite launch companies provided updates on launch vehicles they are developing. There is information below on Firefly Space Systems, Nammo, Rocket Crafters, Rocket Lab, Super Strypi, Vector Space Systems and Virgin Galactic.
Information came from the following Tweeters who are attending the conference:
- Jeff Foust @jeff_foust
- C. G. Niederstrasser @RocketScient1st
- David Hurst @OrbitalDave.
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CEDAR PARK, Texas, July 16, 2015 (Firefly PR) — Firefly Space Systems, Inc., developers of dedicated launchers for the small satellite market, announced today the release of its Payload User’s Guide for its Alpha vehicle. Alpha represents a revolution in small satellite launcher design. It’s the first vehicle in a scalable family of launchers specifically designed to address the diverse needs of customers in the fast-growing worldwide small satellite market.