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Space

L3Harris Signs On for 20 More Firefly Alpha Launches

By Rachel Jewett

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

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L3Harris Signs On for 20 More Firefly Alpha Launches

Firefly Aerospace Alpha FLTA005 Launch. Photo: Firefly Aerospace / Sean Parker

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] signed a new launch agreement with Firefly Aerospace for up to 20 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The deal announced Wednesday includes two to four missions per year from 2027 to 2031. This is in addition to a three-launch deal with L3Harris announced in September 2023. The missions will launch L3Harris spacecraft into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) from Firefly’s SLC-2 launch site at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Wednesday’s announcement did not specify what payloads will be launched. “The…

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Budget

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Congress

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Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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