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Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)

Firefly Aerospace launched a Firefly Alpha rocket from Space Launch Complex 2W carrying FLTA006 (Message in a Booster) to Low Earth Orbit on 29 Apr 2025, 13:37 UTC. Outcome: Launch Failure.
FailureLaunch Failure

About the mission

Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.

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