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Launch Vehicle Company Firefly Aerospace Acquires Space Services Firm Spaceflight

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 8th, 2023

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Launch Vehicle Company Firefly Aerospace Acquires Space Services Firm Spaceflight

Spaceflight team readying a Sherpa on-orbit transfer vehicle. Photo: Spaceflight

Firefly Aerospace, which is developing space launch vehicles, on Thursday said it has acquired Spaceflight Inc., a space services company that offers rideshares for satellites on different launch vehicles and a family of flight-proven orbital transfer vehicles that hosts satellites and moves them into orbit. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Firefly, which is based in Texas, said the acquisition strengthens its on-orbit services. “The combination of Spaceflight’s on-orbit experience with Firefly’s launch vehicles, Blue Ghost landers, and Space…

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