FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
Firefly Alpha · Firefly Aerospace · Vandenberg SFB
- Launch (UTC)
- Apr 29, 2025, 13:37 UTC
- Outcome
- Launch failure
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace
- Site
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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.