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Firefly Aerospace Readies for Another U.S. Space Force TacRS Mission

By Rachel Jewett

Friday, February 14th, 2025

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Firefly Aerospace Readies for Another U.S. Space Force TacRS Mission

A Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket lifts off on the U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.'s Space Launch Complex-2, on Sept. 14, 2023, at 7:28 p.m. (U.S. Space Force Photo)

Firefly Aerospace said on Friday that its Alpha rocket will launch another U.S. Space Force Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) mission--VICTUS SOL--under a nearly $22 million U.S. Space Force contract. For the VICTUS NOX TacRS mission in September, 2023, Firefly completed the final launch preparations in a 24-hour period after the Space Force called up the mission, and launched a Millennium Space Systems satellite on an Alpha rocket within 27 hours of the launch order (Defense Daily, Sept. 26, 2023). Firefly…

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