{"id":212498,"date":"2025-04-26T17:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/firefly-aerospace-to-launch-lockheed-martin-lm400-tech-demo-satellite-on-alpha-rocket-from-vandenberg"},"modified":"2025-04-26T17:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:24:31","slug":"firefly-aerospace-to-launch-lockheed-martin-lm400-tech-demo-satellite-on-alpha-rocket-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/firefly-aerospace-to-launch-lockheed-martin-lm400-tech-demo-satellite-on-alpha-rocket-from-vandenberg","title":{"rendered":"Firefly Aerospace to launch Lockheed Martin LM400 tech demo satellite on Alpha rocket from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P4wYA10FzI8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A perfect storm of range restrictions and suboptimal weather seems to finally be clearing for Firefly Aerospace. After delaying the flight of their sixth Alpha rocket for more than a month, the company announced a new launch window, which opens on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Onboard the rocket, designated FLTA006 by Firefly Aerospace, is a technology demonstration for Lockheed Martin\u2019s LM400 satellite bus. The mission, dubbed \u2018Message in a Booster,\u2019 has its first launch opportunity during a window that runs from 6:37\u20137:29 a.m. PDT (9:37\u201310:29 a.m. EDT, 1337\u20131429 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>That roughly one-hour window is the first opportunity in a five-day stretch approved by the Western Range. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2 West (SLC-2W) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is contingent upon good weather and Firefly Aerospace said it will \u201ccontinue to evaluate wind conditions\u201d as the planned launch day approaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A perfect storm of range restrictions and suboptimal weather seems to finally be clearing for Firefly Aerospace. After delaying the flight of their sixth Alpha rocket for more than a month, the company announced a new launch window, which opens on Sunday. Onboard the rocket, designated FLTA006 by Firefly Aerospace, is a technology demonstration for [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}