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After Rescheduling, Firefly Aerospace Plans Friday Launch.
By the edhat staff
After at several cancellations due to weather, Firefly Aerospace is planning to launch from Vandenberg after midnight on Friday.
The primary launch window begins September 30, 12:01 AM – 2:00 AM, with a backup on Oct. 1st, 12:01 AM – 2:00 AM.
“Alpha Flight 2: To The Black is Firefly’s second technology demonstration flight that will attempt to launch multiple satellites to low Earth orbit (LEO) from our launch site (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Alpha will first insert into an elliptical transfer orbit, coast to apogee, and perform a circularization burn,” Firefly states.
This will be Firefly’s second rocket launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base after their first launch exploded over a year ago. The first launch exploded about 2 minutes and 30 seconds after launching, sending debris into the backyards of residential homes as far as Orcutt. There were no reported injuries.
The private rocket company stated the rocket had experienced an anomaly during the first stage ascent.
The second attempt was scheduled for September 11 and rescheduled to the following day due to a drop in helium pressure, then rescheduled two more times due to weather.
Firefly Alpha is designed to address the needs of the burgeoning small–satellite market.
Video of the launch can be seen below:
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