Firefly Supports NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative with Alpha FLTA005 Mission

Firefly Aerospace is launching the Noise of Summer mission with NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, which will deploy eight educational payloads for U.S. educational institutions and nonprofits. The Alpha FLTA005 mission will launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base on June 26 and will test various technologies, including inflatable antennas, cosmic ray detectors, and autonomous operations. The mission is part of Firefly’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with NASA. The company is an end-to-end space transportation provider with launch, lunar, and on-orbit services.