Firefly shattered that prior record, completing all launch prep in 24 hours and launching at the first available window.
With Space Force's lucrative NSSL Phase 3 bidding process a fast-approaching glimmer on the horizon, I caught up with Firefly CEO Bill Weber to unpack the vibe at their Texas headquarters.
"If you could walk around Firefly this morning, I think they want to hand-carry the rocket out to Vandenberg and go again," Weber said. "The energy couldn't be higher right now in the company." Weber put the mission's significance simply: "You cannot understate the credibility and the confidence that completing this mission – and all that it asked of Firefly – did with the customer."through a program known as "NSSL Phase 3," and Firefly wants in on that. The company's working with Northrop Grumman on a larger rocket – for now known as the MLV, or medium launch vehicle.
"What we just did with Alpha proves that we will sign up to really audacious goals and we'll meet 'em," Weber said. "Unlike a lot of the competitors that are trying to bring medium launch vehicles to life, this is not new engineering for us. This is a larger, scaled up version of the same rocket that just flew … [that] brings our timeframes to production down and shortens that gap [to launching MLV].", with the company aiming to stop the lawsuit on constitutional grounds. –, with the company flying the rocket-powered "Hopper2" for 15 seconds to a maximum altitude of 30 feet.
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