Firefly Aerospace

FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)

Firefly Alpha

PARTIAL FAILURE
Partial Failure

Friday, December 22, 2023 · 17:32 UTC

Mission

/01

Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s new wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) technology integrated on a Terran Orbital Nebula satellite bus. Developed within Lockheed Martin Space’s Ignite organization using a proprietary design, the ESA payload will demonstrate faster on-orbit sensor calibration to deliver rapid capabilities to U.S. warfighters.

Mission Type

Technology

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Probability

60%

Status

Launch was a Partial Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Firefly Alpha

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 2W

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.756° N, 120.622° W

96

Pad Launches

738

Location Launches

4

Agency Launches

211

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