Firefly Aims for September Launch of Elytra-1 LEO

Firefly Aerospace is aiming for a Sept. 19 launch of its Elytra-1 satellite, it told the FCC Space Bureau in an application posted Monday. The low earth orbit satellite will serve as a technology demonstration platform for as long as a year, transporting and deploying multiple customer payloads, it added. Firefly said the Elytra product line is targeting on-orbit mobility, logistics and hosted payload services.