Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven
Firefly AerospaceSpace Launch Complex 2W — Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Stairway to Seven
- Type
- Test Flight
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate key systems ahead of Firefly’s Block II configuration upgrade on Flight 8 that’s designed to enhance reliability and manufacturability across the vehicle. Flight 7 is the last flown in Alpha’s current configuration and will test multiple Block II subsystems, including the in-house avionics and thermal improvements, to gain flight heritage and validate lessons learned ahead of the full configuration upgrade on Flight 8. This launch also delivered a demonstrator payload for Lockheed Martin.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha
- Family
- Firefly Alpha
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Location
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Coordinates
- 34.7556, -120.6224