As the space race accelerates with advancing technology, many companies now regularly send the rockets they develop into space. United States-based Firefly Aerospace is one of them. Founded in 2017, the giant company develops launch vehicles for commercial spaceflight. These vehicles are intended to be used for critical purposes, such as sending satellites into space.

The company’s rocket, called Alpha, was tested last year. However, this launch failed and the 29-meter-long Alpha exploded after 2 minutes and 30 seconds before reaching Earth orbit. Due to bad weather conditions and technical reasons, subsequent tests could not be carried out. Now the company has attempted to send Alpha back into space again.

Alpha has successfully orbited the Earth

Alpha took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday. enter orbit for the first time passed. The rocket carried three satellites in what was described as “100% successful.” firefly,First company to successfully launch from US soil in its second attempt and reach Earth orbit” He added that they managed to

The company’s Alpha vehicle, up to 745 kilograms has a carrying capacity. During this flight, the rocket launched three small payloads of satellites into orbit. The largest of these was the Libre Space Foundation’s PICOBUS, which includes six small satellites weighing just 6 kg and will test the world’s first open-source free telecommunications constellation. Others trained satellites owned by NASA.

After this successful flight, Firefly makes plans for her new flights. The company will launch its Alpha 3 rocket into space on November 29, 2022. In 2023, with the Alpha vehicle six more flights expected to be achieved.

Alpha rocket launch moment