Firefly Nails Rapid Response Launch Demo For U.S. Space Force

Irene Klotz September 15, 2023

The Victus Nox payload is deployed into low Earth orbit.

Credit: Firefly Aerospace
In the span of 27 hr., Firefly Aerospace received a satellite, encapsulated and mounted it on top of an awaiting Alpha rocket and then launched it at the first opportunity to reach its intended orbit, in a demonstration of rapid response for the U.S. Space Force. “Today was an incredible success for...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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