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Technology
Firefly Alpha | FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)
Firefly Alpha
Dec 22, 2023, 5:32 PM UTC
Dec 22, 2023, 5:32 PM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
T-00:00:00
Failure ReasonLaunch was a Partial Failure
Stage 2 2nd burn suffered problems and did not deliver the payload to its precise target orbit. Communication to the spacecraft has been established and mission operations are now underway.
Mission Details
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.
- Type
- Technology
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- 🇺🇸 USA
Weather at Launch
- Temp
- 17.2°C
- Wind
- 10 km/h @ 12°
- Sky
- Overcast
- Source
- open-meteo-archive