Fifth flight of Firefly's Alpha rocket, launched from Vandenberg on the 'Noise of Summer' mission carrying eight NASA-sponsored CubeSats selected through the CubeSat Launch Initiative under Firefly's Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 53 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 Firefly Alpha flights
- Date and time
- 4 July 2024, 04:04 UTC
- Rocket
- Firefly Alpha
- Builder
- Firefly
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Payload
- Technology
- International designator
- 2024-125
- Launches in 2024
- 129th of 263
See it in orbit
Space Atlas shows the satellites and rocket stages from this launch in 3D.
View satellites in Space Atlas