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FLTA005 (Noise of Summer)
Firefly Alpha
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission
Fifth flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying eight cubesats for NASA's ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of a Nanosatellite) mission.
- Launch vehicle
- Firefly Alpha
- Mission type
- Technology
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Firefly Alpha
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.
- Height
- 29.6 m
- Diameter
- 1.82 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 6
- First flight
- 2021-09-03
Recorded timing
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Flight timeline
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- T−18:00:00
Payload Processing End
- T−17:30:00
Payload Segment Preparation
- T−17:00:00
Payload Segment Transport
- T−15:00:00
Payload Segment Mating
- T−09:00:00
Pad Configuration
- T−07:30:00
Launcher Vertical
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- T−05:00:00
Propulsion Checkouts
- T−04:00:00
Prop Load
- T−01:05:00
LOX Topping
- T−00:20:00
Ready Poll
- T−00:15:00
Terminal Count
- T−00:05:00
Strongback Retract
- T−00:02:00
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:02
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:00:54
Supersonic
- T+00:01:05
Max-Q
- T+00:02:30
MECO
- T+00:02:33
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:35
SES
- T+00:02:45
Fairing Separation
- T+00:08:10
SECO
- T+00:44:33
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+00:55:13
Payload Deployment Sequence End
Launch site & orbit
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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