Firefly Aerospace

Flight record

Counts are launches filed under FA’s own name in The Space Devs’ Launch Library register. They are not a count of missions or payloads: a spacecraft that flew on a contracted vehicle is credited to the operator that flew it.

Who flies for them, and who they fly for

An operator owns the rocket and runs the count, and it is the operator’s name the launch schedule filters by. A customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. Plenty of organisations are both. FA is counted below in whichever role the current manifest actually gives it.

No scheduled flight in the current window names FA while being operated by somebody else.

How this is counted: a scheduled launch is treated as a customer flight when this organisation’s name or abbreviation appears in the launch name, mission name or programme and somebody else is flying it. Mission descriptions are not searched, and the window is one batch of the next launches worldwide, reaching to 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z — so both counts are a floor, not a complete manifest.

About FA

Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.

Upcoming launches

• Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 1

  Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

  T-··:··:··

  2026-12-31 00:00:00Z

  TBDT-0 known to: Q4Orbit: POVehicle file

• Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 2

  Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

  T-··:··:··

  2026-12-31 00:00:00Z

  TBDT-0 known to: Q4Orbit: POVehicle file

“T-0 known to” is the register’s own precision on the launch time — a date good only to the month is shown as such rather than counted down as if it were exact. A go-probability appears only where the operator published one for that flight; Delta-V does not calculate it and it is not a forecast made here.

Common questions

How many launches has Firefly Aerospace flown?

Firefly Aerospace has 7 launches on record under its own name, of which 4 succeeded and 3 failed. The register counts launches flown under an operator's own name, not missions or payloads it contributed to.

What is Firefly Aerospace's success rate?

Firefly Aerospace has a lifetime launch success rate of 57.1%, calculated as 4 successful flights out of 7 attempts. Its current run is 1 consecutive successes.

When is Firefly Aerospace's next launch?

Firefly Aerospace's next launch inside Delta-V's manifest window is Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 1, scheduled for 2026-12-31 00:00:00Z from Space Launch Complex 2W. The register files that time with a precision of Q4. A launch time is a no-earlier-than target and can move.

Does Firefly Aerospace fly its own rockets, or buy launches from another operator?

Firefly Aerospace has 7 launches flown under its own name in the launch register. It is the operator on 2 flights in the current manifest window. An operator owns the rocket and runs the count; a customer funds the mission, supplies the payload and buys the ride. The operator filter on the launch schedule lists only the former, which is why a well-known agency can be central to a flight and still not appear on it.

Where is Firefly Aerospace based?

Firefly Aerospace is based in United States of America and the register classifies it as a commercial operator. It was founded in 2014.