As reported by Ukrinform, Firefly Aerospace Ukraine announced it on Facebook.

“The Firefly Alpha rocket has been successfully launched into space!” said.

The rocket has the colors of the Ukrainian flags, as Max Polyakov, a Ukrainian and American entrepreneur in space technologies and informatics, reported on Facebook.

“Firefly Aerospace has successfully launched its second Alpha rocket. This is an important step for the company that survived bankruptcy, restructured and became one of the successful private space companies in 5 years. The flag of Ukraine is on the rocket. This is a message to anyone who can read between the lines. Ukraine” oh glory!” said Polyakov.

According to Space.com, the Alpha rocket “launched several small satellites into Earth orbit.” Firefly is said to have named the mission Alpha Flight 2: To The Black, as it is the company’s second attempt at launching its rocket into orbit.

As reported by Ukrinform, Firefly and Noosphere Ventures have been collaborating with the US government for over five years. Based in Cedar Park, Texas, USA, Firefly is developing a range of launch vehicles and spacecraft for commercial launch of small and medium payloads.

During this period, Firefly received contracts from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), NASA, and the US Air Force, and received numerous licenses from other agencies within the US government.

In addition, Firefly has provided access to the 2W launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base as part of a long-term lease agreement.

After the Alpha light launch vehicle’s failed flight last September, the company planned the next launch at Vandenberg as early as last December, but the launch was delayed.

In February of this year, Polyakov sold his stake in Firefly Aerospace for a symbolic amount at the request of the United States Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS). According to Bloomberg, representatives of the US government and aerospace industry have expressed fears that valuable technologies could end up in Ukraine, Russia or other countries trying to develop missile programs.