Upcoming Firefly Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

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NRO Firefly Alpha FLTA007 Elytra-1

2025

Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) • FLTA007 Elytra-1 | Elytra Dawn Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) • Xtenti FANTM-RiDE • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 55 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit

@Firefly_Space Our first Elytra mission is set to launch aboard Alpha in 2024! As the first of many missions utilizing multiple Firefly vehicles, this demonstration will lay the groundwork for Firefly’s end-to-end mission solutions with rapid launch, deployment, and on-orbit services
This is also our second responsive space mission, deploying on-orbit payloads at a time and place of our customers’ choosing in support of Xtenti follow-on study contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), this mission will demonstrate a rapid payload reconfiguration prior to launching on Alpha and utilizing Elytra to deploy multiple satellites at a time and place of the NRO's choosing

Firefly Elytra Dawn

NASA Cygnus NG-23 (CRS-23) to International Space Station (ISS)

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

NET August

Launch Complex 0 Pad A (LP-0A) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Maiden Flight Antares 330 • Seven Firefly Miranda Engines • Three Castor 30XL Solid Motors Second Stage • Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-23 (CRS-23) • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)

@Firefly_Space The Firefly crew completed our 1st Miranda hot fire! 7 of these 230,000 lbf engines will power the 1st stage of Northrop Grumman Space Systems's Antares 330 & the Medium Launch Vehicle we're developing together. More to come as we work towards a full-duration hot fire

Northrop Grumman Antares

NASA Firefly Blue Ghost M2 Lunar Lander to the Moon

2026

Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 | Elytra Dark Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Experiment at Night (LuSEE-Night) • ESA Lunar Pathfinder | SSTL Lunar Pathfinder • Moon | Explorer

@Firefly_Space Another big lunar win! Firefly was awarded its third NASA CLPS contract to provide radio frequency calibration services from lunar orbit. As part of Blue Ghost Mission 2, these services will allow NASA’s LuSEE-Night radio telescope to further unlock the origins of the universe

Firefly Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

NASA Firefly Blue Ghost M3 Lunar Lander to the Moon

2028

Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 | Elytra Dark Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon | Explorer | Gruithuisen Domes

@Firefly_Space This team is unstoppable! Firefly was awarded another NASA CLPS task order for a third lunar mission in 2028. This time we'll utilize our Blue Ghost lander, Elytra Dark orbital vehicle, and a rover to investigate the unexplored Gruithuisen Domes
During mission operations, Elytra will first deploy Blue Ghost into lunar orbit and then remain on orbit to provide long-haul communications. Blue Ghost will then land in the Gruithuisen Domes, deploy the rover, and operate six NASA payloads for 14 days on the lunar surface

Firefly Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

Recent Videos of Firefly Rocket Launches to Space & Events

NASA SpaceX Blue Ghost M1 Ghost Riders in the Sky & HAKUTO-R M2 Resilience to the Moon

 

Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1085.5 Flight 5 Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) | TO19D • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) | NASA Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) | Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity) (LISTER) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 | Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) | Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille • ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Resilience Lunar Lander & Tenacious Micro Rover | Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) | Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) • Moon | Explorer

Classified USSF Firefly Alpha FLTA003 VICTUS NOX (TacRS-3)

NO OFFICIAL YOUTUBE LIVESTREAM

 

Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • United Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) | Orbital Services Program 4 (OSP-4) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) • Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-3) • Millennium Space Systems • FLTA003 VICTUS NOX • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • FCC

Schedule of Upcoming Firefly Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All Firefly dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
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DateMissionLivestreamNotes
2025NRO Firefly Alpha FLTA006Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • Lockheed Martin • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2025NRO Firefly Alpha FLTA007 Elytra-1Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) • FLTA007 Elytra-1 | Elytra Dawn Space Utility Vehicle (SUV) • Xtenti FANTM-RiDE • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 55 • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • Press Kit
2025Firefly Alpha LM400 DemoSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • Lockheed Martin LM 400 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
NET AugustNASA Cygnus NG-23 (CRS-23) to International Space Station (ISS)Launch Complex 0 Pad A (LP-0A) Virginia Spaceport Authority Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) | NASA Wallops Flight Facility • Maiden Flight Antares 330 • Seven Firefly Miranda Engines • Three Castor 30XL Solid Motors Second Stage • Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-23 (CRS-23) • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS)
2026NASA Firefly Blue Ghost M2 Lunar Lander to the MoonSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 | Elytra Dark Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Lunar Surface Electromagnetic Experiment at Night (LuSEE-Night) • ESA Lunar Pathfinder | SSTL Lunar Pathfinder • Moon | Explorer
2028NASA Firefly Blue Ghost M3 Lunar Lander to the MoonSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 3 | Elytra Dark Space Transfer Vehicle (STV) • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Moon | Explorer | Gruithuisen Domes

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Recent Firefly Rocket Launches to Space & Events

DateMissionNotes
2025-01-15 06:11 UTCNASA SpaceX Blue Ghost M1 Ghost Riders in the Sky & HAKUTO-R M2 Resilience to the MoonLaunch Complex 39A (LC-39A) | Kennedy Space Center (KSC) • Falcon 9 Block 5 B1085.5 Flight 5 Reuseable • Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) | TO19D • Italian space agency Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) | NASA Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) | Lunar Instrumentation for Subsurface Thermal Exploration with Rapidity) (LISTER) • Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 | Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) | Mare Crisium near Mons Latreille • ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Resilience Lunar Lander & Tenacious Micro Rover | Low-Energy Ballistic Lunar Transfer (BLT) | Mare Frigoris (Sea of Cold) • Moon | Explorer
2024-07-04 04:04 UTCNASA Firefly Alpha Noise of Summer (FLTA005) VCLS-2 Smallsat Rideshare (ELaNa 43)Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • NASA Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) Demo 2 • Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 43 • FLTA005 VCLS DEMO 2 • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2023-12-22 17:32 UTCFirefly Alpha FLTA004 Fly the LightningSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • FLTA004 Fly the Lightning | Lockheed Martin Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) Technology Demonstrator • Second Stage Anomaly • Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2023-09-15 02:28 UTCClassified USSF Firefly Alpha FLTA003 VICTUS NOX (TacRS-3)Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • United Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) | Orbital Services Program 4 (OSP-4) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) • Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-3) • Millennium Space Systems • FLTA003 VICTUS NOX • Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) | Heliosynchronous Orbit • FCC
2022-10-01 07:01 UTCFirefly Alpha FLTA002 To The Black Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket • Four Reaver 1 Kerolox Tap-Off Cycle Engines • Single Lightning 1 Kerolox Second Stage Engine • Libre Space PICOBUS • FOSSASat-1B • Libre Space QUBIK • NASA TechEdSat-15 • Teachers in Space Serenity • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Press Kit
2021-09-03 01:59 UTCFirefly Alpha FLTA001 Smallsat RideshareSpace Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Firefly Alpha Rocket Maiden Flight • Anomaly

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