Firefly Aerospace is exploring an option to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands its satellite ...

Welcome to Edition 8.07 of the Rocket Report! It's that time again: another test flight of SpaceX's massive Starship vehicle.

Firefly Aerospace, which went public earlier this month, is exploring launching its Alpha rocket from Japan in a bid to ...

Firefly Aerospace ( NASDAQ: FLY) is exploring options to launch its Alpha rocket from Japan as the U.S. rocket maker expands ...

To accommodate Alpha, Pad-0A will be configured for the Firefly rocket as early as 2025 in addition to Antares 330 and the Medium Launch Vehicle Firefly is co-developing with Northrop Grumman.

The Alpha rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:01 a.m. Eastern. The rocket’s upper stage achieved orbit nearly eight minutes later.

Today’s launch marks the fourth-ever flight of Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The vehicle took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:32 a.m. local time.

A black Firefly Aerospace rocket launches into space on Dec. 22, 2023. We now know why the fourth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket didn't go entirely to plan.

Firefly Aerospace finished a static fire test of its small satellite launcher Wednesday (Aug. 17) and set a launch date for the Alpha rocket's second attempt to reach orbit for Sept. 11.

Firefly Aerospace's advanced rocket for small satellites should be ready to launch for the first time this fall, company representatives said. The two-stage rocket, known as Alpha, was originally ...

Firefly aims to sell a dedicated launch on Alpha for $15 million. Once operational, it’ll be able to loft heavier payloads to space than Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, which is well into its ...

Today, Firefly's Alpha rocket is designed to serve the burgeoning small satellite market. The company says it is capable of launching up to 1,000 kilograms (2,200 pounds) to low-Earth orbit ...