LM 400 is pictured following payload fairing jettison aboard the upper stage of a Firefly Alpha rocket.
Credit: Firefly Aerospace
A mission to showcase a new Lockheed Martin multipurpose, midsize satellite bus was lost following a troubled launch of Firefly Aerospace’s sixth Alpha rocket. The two-stage, liquid oxygen- and kerosene-fueled booster lifted off from Vandenberg SFB, California, at 6:37 a.m. local time/9:37 a.m. EDT...
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