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The contract is part of a larger push from the Force to procure space capabilities from private industry on timelines that have been previously unheard of.

Space Systems Command and Firefly Aerospace successfully launched a Millennium Space Systems-constructed vehicle attached to Firefly's Alpha launch vehicle from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 7:28 p.m. on Thursday.

The mission, coming after a failure two years ago, reportedly will occur between 6:57 p.m. and 8:19 p.m.

Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2023 - Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) small satellite constellation prime, have entered the hot standby phase

Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2023 - Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) small satellite constellation prime, have entered the hot standby phase

/PRNewswire/ -- Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, and Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) small satellite...

Alpha launch provider, Firefly, and payload provider, Millennium, moved into the hot standby phase and wait for the VICTUS NOX callup VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Firefly Aerospace,

When the U.S. Space Force’s Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) mission launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base last month it carried a payload designed and built in record time by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). LLNL provided a three-mirror reflective telescope and sensor for the payload, which was designed, integrated, tested, and delivered within four months of the word “go.” “We needed a novel design in order to meet the program objectives,” sa...