Firefly Alpha | Stairway to Seven
NET: 2026-03-12T00:50:00Z
SUCCESS Test Flight Low Earth Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- Firefly Aerospace
- Vehicle
- Firefly Alpha
- Customer
- —
- Mission name
- Stairway to Seven
§ Pad
- Name
- Space Launch Complex 2W
- Operator
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 34.7556°, -120.6224°
§ Mission
Firefly Alpha's Flight 7 is a test flight and return-To-Flight for the launch vehicle after its April 2025 launch failure. It will test and validate key systems ahead of Firefly’s Block II configuration upgrade on Flight 8 that’s designed to enhance reliability and manufacturability across the vehicle. Flight 7 is the last flown in Alpha’s current configuration and will test multiple Block II subsystems, including the in-house avionics and thermal improvements, to gain flight heritage and validate lessons learned ahead of the full configuration upgrade on Flight 8. This launch also delivered a demonstrator payload for Lockheed Martin.