2021 · Firefly Aerospace
FLTA001 (Maiden Flight)
failureFirefly Alpha | FLTA001 (Maiden Flight)
First flight of the new Firefly Alpha small sat launcher developed by Firefly Aerospace. It will carry Firefly’s DREAM (Dedicated Research & Education Accelerator Mission), which includes various payloads like cubesats, personal items, pictures, DNA samples and more to inspire young people to pursue STEM education.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 3, 2021 at 01:59 AM UTC
- Outcome
- failure
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Mission
- FLTA001 (Maiden Flight)
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit
FailureThe launch vehicle was destroyed after reaching Max-Q, exact reason unknown yet.