# Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster): launch

> Firefly Alpha by Firefly Aerospace from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Flown: Failure.

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## Facts

- Launch: Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
- Mission: FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)
- Provider: Firefly Aerospace
- Rocket: Firefly Alpha
- Pad: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country of the launch site: USA
- Date (UTC): Tue, Apr 29, 13:37 UTC (2025-04-29T13:37:00.000Z)
- Launch window: 2025-04-29 13:37 UTC to 2025-04-29 14:29 UTC
- Status: failed (Launch Library 2: Failure)
- Outcome: Failure
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: 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.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

- [Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs](https://thespacedevs.com): launch names, providers, rockets, pads, dates and status
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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.spacelaunchnow.me/launch/firefly-alpha-flta006-message-in-a-booster)

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