{"id":8426,"date":"2023-06-30T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/firefly-aerospace-signs-agreement-with-lockheed-martin-to-support-technology-demonstration-mission\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T17:53:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T09:53:15","slug":"firefly-aerospace-signs-agreement-with-lockheed-martin-to-support-technology-demonstration-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/firefly-aerospace-signs-agreement-with-lockheed-martin-to-support-technology-demonstration-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly Aerospace Signs Agreement with Lockheed Martin to Support Technology Demonstration Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover_firefly_638237046770222863.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Firefly Aerospace Signs Agreement with Lockheed Martin to Support Technology Demonstration Mission\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover_firefly_638237046770222863.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/cover_firefly_638237046770222863.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced that it has signed a launch agreement with Lockheed Martin to support a technology demonstration mission that will launch aboard Firefly&#8217;s Alpha vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Firefly&#8217;s flight-proven hardware and rapid launch capabilities are well-aligned with Lockheed Martin&#8217;s mission needs, and we&#8217;re proud to serve as one of their launch providers,&#8221; said Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace. &#8220;We have the infrastructure, technologies, systems, and a dedicated team in place to provide on-demand launch services for both government and commercial customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Firefly&#8217;s Alpha rocket provides affordable and responsive launch services with the capability to lift more than 1,000 kg to low Earth orbit. The vehicle utilizes Firefly&#8217;s patented tap-off cycle propulsion technology and carbon composite sandwich structures to reduce mass and costs and improve strength and reliability. As a launch provider, Firefly provides an important capability to Lockheed Martin in supporting access to space for its key spacecraft technologies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working with Firefly because of their innovative performance in offering access to space for small payloads on Firefly Alpha,&#8221; said Dan Tenney, vice president, of strategy and business development, at Lockheed Martin Space. &#8220;We look forward to collaborating with them, as we focus on creating a resilient launch environment for our upcoming technology demonstration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to learn about Firefly Aerospace&#8217;s Alpha Launch Vehicle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2bzJuMEfXM?&amp;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"fr-draggable\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced that it has signed a launch agreement with Lockheed Martin to support a technology demonstration mission that will launch aboard Firefly&#8217;s Alpha vehicle. &#8220;Firefly&#8217;s flight-proven hardware and rapid launch capabilities are well-aligned with Lockheed Martin&#8217;s mission needs, and we&#8217;re proud to serve as one of their launch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-8426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8426"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8426\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}