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FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)
Firefly Alpha · Technology
Dec 22, 2023 · 17:32 UTCSpace Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace · Lockheed Martin
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- NET precision
- Second
- Data source
- LL2