Firefly Aerospace Launches Partnership to Build & Launch Rockets on the Space Coast

Bill Jelen

February 22, 2019

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Firefly Aerospace
February 22, 2019
Bill Jelen

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the Space Coast today to announce an agreement with Firefly Aerospace. The company plans to build a 180,000 square foot manufacturing plant at Exploration Park. They plan on launching one of their Firefly rockets from an existing pad Launch Complex 20 North by the end of 2021 and will develop a horizontal integration facility and new launch stand at Launch Complex 20.

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At 2:04am (ET) on Saturday, August 26, 2017 Orbital ATK successfully launch the ORS-5 satellite from Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The satellite was launched atop a Minotaur IV missile/rocket. Many Space Coast residents stayed up late (or got up early) to watch the launch. 

This was the first time since 1999 that SLC-46 has been used. And, the last time a Minotaur rocket was launched was in September, 2011. (Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)

Minotaur-IV Rockets ORS-5 to Orbit at 2:04 AM from CCAFS LC-46

Orbital ATK
August 26, 2017
Bill Jelen

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