Message In A Booster

| Scheduled for UTC | 2025-04-29 13:37 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2025-04-29 06:37 (PDT) | | Launch site | SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA | | Launch provider | Firefly Aerospace | | Launch vehicle | Alpha | | Customer | Lockheed Martin | | Payload | LM400 Demo | | Target orbit | LEO |

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | Firefly Aerospace | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkusoizm-Zk (scrub) | | NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o35dNjHwWuc (scrub) | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9k7jMf0FQ0 (scrub) |

Payload info (NextSpaceflight):

First of up to 25 launches of Low Earth Orbit technology demonstration satellites to be built and operated by Lockheed Martin.

Demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions — including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar — as well as orbits and launch configurations.

Stats

• 1st launch of Firefly Alpha in 2025.
• 6th launch of Firefly Alpha overall.

Firefly mission page

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