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Cedar Park-based Firefly Aerospace completed a mission for the U.S. Space Force with record-breaking turnaround this month.

Cedar Park TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2023 - Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, was awarded an $18 million NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract to provide radio frequency calibration services

Space is hard, but it's also big -- and probably big enough to hold three competing companies offering space tug services.

Firefly Aerospace debuted a line of orbital vehicles called Elytra on Tuesday, with the first Elytra flying on a Firefly Alpha rocket in 2024.

Firefly Aerospace debuted a line of orbital vehicles called Elytra on Tuesday, as it looks to become an end-to-end mission services provider for commercial and government customers. The first Elytra will fly on a Firefly Alpha rocket in 2024, part of a rapid-response mission contract with Texas-based startup Xtenti for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The Elytra vehicles had previously been called “space utility vehicles.”