Qhov pom los ntawm theem sab saud ntawm Alpha foob pob hluav taws tom qab ncav lub orbit thaum Lub Kaum Hli 1, 2022.
Firefly Aerospace muaj
Kev lag luam ntiag tug Firefly Aerospace tau mus txog lub voj voog nrog nws lub foob pob hluav taws Alpha thawj zaug rau hnub Saturday, ib qho tseem ceeb hauv lub tuam txhab txoj kev loj hlob uas pom nws koom nrog kev sib tw US pib ua lag luam.
Firefly yog tus thib tsib US foob pob hluav taws tsim kom ncav cuag lub ntiaj teb hauv 15 xyoo dhau los - koom nrog pawg xaiv uas suav nrog SpaceX, Pob Tsuas Xyooj, Nkauj Orbit xwb thiab Astra.
"Nws yog ib pab pawg zoo heev los ua ib feem ntawm ... tab sis tsis muaj leej twg nyob hauv pawg ntawd uas muaj peev xwm ntawm lub foob pob hluav taws uas peb nyuam qhuav tso rau hauv qhov chaw," CEO Bill Weber hais rau CNBC. "Muaj qhib rau kev lag luam kos npe ntawm Firefly."
Sawv ntawm 95 ko taw siab, Firefly's Alpha foob pob hluav taws yog tsim los ua kom ntau li 1,300 kilograms ntawm payload rau orbit - ntawm tus nqi ntawm $ 15 lab rau ib lub community launch. Qhov no tso Firefly nyob rau hauv "nruab nrab-nqa" qeb ntawm foob pob ua ntxaij, nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm "me" launchers thiab "hnyav" rockets.
Weber tau hais tias "Muaj ib rooj plaub ua lag luam uas tsuas yog qw kom hais txog" nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub lag luam pib, Weber tau hais.
Firefly tau pib lub hom phiaj, nws qhov kev sim thib ob kom mus txog lub voj voog, los ntawm California's Vandenberg Space Force Base, nrog rau Alpha foob pob hluav taws xa peb lub satellite payloads. Qhov kev vam meej tuaj ib xyoos tom qab nws thawj qhov kev sim ua tsis tiav mid-flight.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha foob pob hluav taws ntawm lub tso pa tawm ntawm Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Andrew Evers
Firefly muaj lwm qhov kev tshaj tawm Alpha teem rau lub xyoo no, thiab npaj yuav tshaj tawm ntau li rau xyoo 2023 thiab 12 xyoo 2024.
“Peb tsis xav ua qhov no ib zaug xwb. Peb xav ua qhov no ib hlis ib zaug thiab tom qab ntawd thaum kawg ib zaug hauv ib lub lis piam, "Weber hais. "Muaj kev xav tau ntau dua hauv kev ua lag luam ntau dua li cov foob pob hluav taws uas peb yuav tsim thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov chaw zoo los ntawm kev pom kev loj hlob."
Weber tau raug hu ua Firefly CEO tsuas yog ib hlis dhau los, nrog lub tuam txhab co-founder Tom Markusic tau nqis los ua ntej xyoo no, luv luv Tom qab lub tuam txhab kev ncaj ncees ntiag tug AE Industrial Partners tau txais ib feem tseem ceeb hauv lub tuam txhab. Weber yav dhau los CEO ntawm KeyW, lub tuam txhab cybersecurity muag rau Jacobs nyob rau hauv 2019.
Lub tuam txhab muaj ntau yam kev npaj rau kev nthuav dav, suav nrog kev sib koom tes ntaus lub caij ntuj sov no nrog Northrop Grumman kom txav tus neeg cog lus Antares foob pob hluav taws ua haujlwm rau Asmeskas los ntawm Russia thiab Ukraine. Nws tseem npaj yuav tsim lub foob pob hluav taws loj dua hu ua "MLV."
Firefly tab tom tsim tawm cov khoom lag luam ntxiv ib yam nkaus, suav nrog nws "Blue Ghost" lunar lander thiab lub tsheb siv hluav taws xob, lossis "qhov chaw rub," thauj cov satellites rau hauv qhov chaw tshwj xeeb tom qab tso tawm. Weber tau hais tias thawj txoj haujlwm Blue Ghost mus rau lub hli tam sim no tau teem sijhawm rau lub Tsib Hlis 2024.
Weber tau hais tias "Peb yuav yog ib qho ntawm thawj txoj haujlwm, yog tias tsis yog thawj lub luag haujlwm, rau NASA uas tso lub dav hlau rov qab rau lub hli," Weber tau hais.
Nrog cov nyiaj tau los ua ntej, Firefly's CEO tau hais tias lub tuam txhab tau nqis peev rau "ua tej yam uas peb yuav tsum tau ua hauv 2022 thiab 2023." Tab sis Alpha ncav cuag lub orbit muab lub tuam txhab muaj xwm txheej tshiab rau cov tub ua lag luam muaj peev xwm.
"[Saturday] sawv ntxov hloov ntau yam rau lub tuam txhab no, ntawm ntau qhov sib txawv," Weber tau hais.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/03/firefly-aerospace-reaches-orbit-joining-spacex-rocket-lab-and-others.html