company

Firefly Aerospace

Texas-based space company awarded a DIU/SDA preliminary design contract for an Elytra-based satellite deorbiting mission, and operator of the Alpha launch vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander.

Known aliases

Firefly

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

product3 distinct publishers

LandSpace recovers a steel booster while Super Heavy waits on clearance

Eight months after a failed engine reignition destroyed its first attempt, LandSpace landed Zhuque-3's stainless-steel first stage in Gansu. The fix cycle is the story, not the milestone.

Publishers:arstechnica.cominterestingengineering.comthenextweb.com

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers

Builder: Builder 37%
Operator: Operator 25%
Investor: Investor 38%

Reality

Evidence74
Adoption28
Hype gap+38
Incentives68

product1 distinct publisher

A five-watt nuclear heater on Blue Ghost turns lunar night into a procurement problem

Firefly will fly Zeno Power's americium-241 heater unit to the Moon no earlier than 2028. The hard part of surface operations is shifting from arriving to staying warm.

Publishers:interestingengineering.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption12

product1 distinct publisher

A deorbit contract with a gate: Elytra and the making of disposal-as-a-service

The Defense Innovation Unit and Space Development Agency are funding a preliminary design only. Passing that review buys Firefly the right to compete for the flight, not the flight.

Publishers:interestingengineering.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption21

Top News

Known aliases

Relationships

Current clusters

LandSpace recovers a steel booster while Super Heavy waits on clearance

A five-watt nuclear heater on Blue Ghost turns lunar night into a procurement problem

A deorbit contract with a gate: Elytra and the making of disposal-as-a-service