Firefly Alpha Selected to Launch Earth Science SmallSat Mission for NASA Written 5 March 2025
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Firefly Alpha’s first launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. | Credit: Jacob Rendon; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 4.0
Space News reports, “NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to launch a trio of Earth science smallsats that will study the formation of storms. The agency said March 4 that it awarded a task order through its Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) contract to Firefly to launch the three-satellite Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission. NASA did not disclose the value of the task order, a practice it has followed on other VADR awards. The INCUS satellites will launch on a Firefly Alpha rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.”
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