https://spacewatch.global/tag/alpha-rocket/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:46:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/alpha-rocket/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/space-cotan-sign-mou-with-firefly-aerospace/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67206 SPACE COTAN Co. Ltd. signed an MOU with Firefly Aerospace. With the MOU now in place, SPACE COTAN will begin defining the launch site operation concept, evaluating system requirements, and assessing licensing and regulatory requirements to launch Firefly’s Alpha rocket from HOSPO.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/11/lockheed-martin-to-launch-payload-demonstrator/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=52540 Lockheed Martin announced on the 27th of November that it will soon launch a Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) payload demonstrator. The ESA sensor intends to extend Lockheed Martin’s investment in scalable wideband ESA technology development to showcase on-orbit capability. The payload demonstrator will launch aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket, under the mission Fly the Lightning.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/fireflys-alpha-rocket-successfully-reaches-orbit-deploying-multiple-payloads/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44032 Launch and in-space services provider Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha FLTA002 mission successfully reached orbit and deployed customer payloads, the company said. Firefly became first US commercial space company with a rocket in the 1300-kg payload lift class.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/firefly-pauses-next-alpha-launch-after-government-concerns-over-foreign-ownership/ Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38236 Firefly Aerospace paused preparations for its next Alpha rocket launch originally planned for early 2022, due to the U.S. government making its largest shareholder to divest its stake for national security reasons, SpaceNews reported. Noosphere Venture Partners will sell its interest in Firefly at the request of the Committee]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/firefly-alpha-failure-caused-by-uneventful-engine-shutdown/ Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35543 Investigation uncovered that Firefly Aerospace’s first Alpha rocket had failed due to the shutting down of one of its first-stage engines, Firefly said. The launch took place at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2nd September. The engine shut down just a few seconds after lift-off making the rocket tumble out of control two and a half minutes into the flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/firefly-aerospaces-alpha-rocket-explodes-during-launch-after-anomaly/ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 06:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35498 Firefly’s Alpha rocket launched on 2nd September suffered a fatal problem, exploding in the California sky. The company’s first ever orbital test flight lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:59 p.m. EDT. The final launch was nearly an hour after an initial try had to be aborted during countdown.]]>