Firefly Aerospace
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Location
Headquarters: Cedar Park, Texas, United States, North America
Region: Texas
Country: US
Continent: North America
About
Firefly Aerospace is a leading aerospace company enabling lunar and orbital space missions, including launch, land, and operation capabilities. The company develops and operates launch vehicles such as Alpha and Eclipse, and lunar landers like Blue Ghost, along with multi-mission orbital spacecraft like Elytra and imaging systems such as Ocula. Headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, Firefly serves government and commercial customers with missions to the Moon and beyond, including NASA and U.S. Space Force collaborations. The company emphasizes rapid, cost-effective access to space and a growing portfolio of lunar and cis-lunar exploration capabilities.
Firefly Aerospace develops and operates launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital spacecraft for government and commercial clients. The company provides small- to medium-lift launch services and lunar exploration capabilities, including the Alpha rocket and Blue Ghost lander. Its customers include NASA and the U.S. Space Force, focusing on affordable and responsive access to space.
Firefly Aerospace Inc.
2014
for_profit
active
Industries
Primary Industry: Manufacturing
Categories
Funding & Financials
corporate_round
464800000
10m-50m
public
NASDAQ:FLY
NASDAQ
Investors
Founders
Eric Salwan
Max Polyakov
Michael Blum
PJ King
Thomas Markusic
Leadership
Guillermo Parodi — Principal Hardware Engineer
Eric Salwan — Co-founder and Director of Commercial Business Development
Ramon Sanchez — Chief Operating Officer
Bretton Alexander — Chief Revenue Officer
Jonner Delgado — Test and Launch Operations Intern
Max Polyakov — Founder and Director
Thomas Markusic — Founder and chief technology advisor
Technology Stack
Products
Alpha Launch Vehicle: A small-lift launch vehicle designed to deliver payloads to low Earth orbit and sun-synchronous orbit.
Eclipse Launch Vehicle: A medium-lift launch vehicle designed to deliver heavier payloads to low Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, and trans-lunar injection.
Blue Ghost Lunar Lander: A lunar lander designed to deliver and operate payloads on the Moon’s surface, supporting lunar day and night operations.
Elytra Orbital Vehicles: A family of spacecraft providing in-space maneuverability, payload hosting, delivery, imaging, communications, and domain awareness across Earth and cislunar orbits.
DREAM Program: An educational program providing free launch opportunities for student-developed small satellites on Firefly’s Alpha rocket.
Alpha Block II: An upgraded configuration of Firefly’s Alpha launch vehicle to improve reliability, production, and launch operations.
