Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket, on its 'Fly the Lightning' mission, successfully reached orbit for the fourth time following a launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The event was extensively covered by @NASASpaceflight and received live commentary. The mission, designated Alpha-FLTA004, involved a planned shutdown of the second stage engine and a subsequent relight to circularize the orbit. The space community, including @Erdayastronaut, @Fourmilab, @moreisdifferent, @Firefly_Space, @thejackbeyer, @esherifftv, @DrStarson, @Alevskey, and @TechCrunch, celebrated the achievement and noted the increasing routine nature of such successful launches.
Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit for the fourth time: https://t.co/nis2zzs1Iz by TechCrunch #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
Firefly’s Alpha rocket reaches orbit for the fourth time https://t.co/DDdFdlVEmP
📍Starship Booster 10 Test coming soon after unexpected delay 📍SpaceX completes 29th cargo resupply mission to the ISS 📍Starlink is connecting more than 2.3M people in over 70 countries 📍And Firefly launches “Fly the Lightning” mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base,… https://t.co/XG6rukAJa1
Beautiful launch of @Firefly_Space's Alpha rocket this morning from Vandenberg SFB. @NASASpaceflight https://t.co/xLrh6Kfbgr
They’re making this look easy! Congrats to Firefly on reaching orbit again already!!! https://t.co/C7EvbuDpzX
Congrats @Firefly_Space on the successful launch! https://t.co/lqFhfemKDh
Alpha reached orbit and the second stage engine shut off as planned. In about 40 minutes, we’ll briefly relight Firefly’s second stage engine to circularize our orbit. GO ALPHA, way to Fly the Lightning!! #FLTA004 @LockheedMartin
Happening LIVE now - Firefly’s 4th launch - “Fly the Lightning" https://t.co/yMnsRIF2mc with commentary from @NASASpaceflight. t-minus 10 minutes!
We’re only 12 minutes away from @Firefly_Space’s next launch!!! Tune into @NASASpaceflight to catch this launch! - https://t.co/JMnH9yWDp9
SCANALYZER: THE HAPPENING WORLD: Firefly Aerospace Alpha-FLTA004 “Fly the Lightning” Launch https://t.co/BY3wyWuasu #SCANALYST
Amazing how routine these static fires and tests are becoming. I have a good feeling about this next launch, how about you? https://t.co/H92JsvJ7UP