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This wasn't a great week for small launch vehicles.

Firefly Aerospace launched an Alpha rocket on a Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, sending into orbit a Millennium Space Systems-built satellite on 14 September. The US Space Force (USSF...

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Did you see a bright light shooting across the sky just after sunset on Thursday?

A Texas-based company’s young rocket successfully launched Thursday night from Vandenberg Space Force Base for a mission to determine how quickly it and

"This mission highlights significant progress towards meeting emerging challenges in space,” said Lt. Col. MacKenzie Birchenough, materiel leader for SSC's Space Safari office.

An Alpha rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base by the startup company Firefly Aerospace lit up the sky over coastal San Diego County just after sunset on Thursday.

An Alpha rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base by the startup company Firefly Aerospace lit up the sky over coastal San Diego County just after sunset on Thursday.

Space Force’s goal of wanting the capacity to launch a satellite on very short notice just passed a major milestone. The Victus Nox mission, Latin for “conquer the night,” was a success, and saw private company Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems successfully prepare a launch in less than a day, followed by the lift-off occurring shortly afterwards.

The Victus Nox mission, Latin for “conquer the night,” was meant to demonstrate the ability to rapidly acquire, build, integrate and launch a satellite.