Firefly Alpha Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Firefly Alpha family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Firefly Alpha made 7 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 2021 and 2026. Of those, 4 succeeded and 3 failed. The success rate comes to 57 percent. The busiest year was 2023, with 2 flights. Firefly Alpha has flown 1 time in 2026 so far.

7
Launch attempts
4
Successes
3
Failures
57%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2026 1 1 0 100%
2025 1 0 1 0%
2024 1 1 0 100%
2023 2 1 1 50%
2022 1 1 0 100%
2021 1 0 1 0%

Variants

Counts for each Firefly Alpha variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.

Variant Flights Successes Failures First year Last year
Firefly Alpha 7 4 3 2021 2026

Recent launches

The most recent Firefly Alpha family launches, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Vehicle Site / Pad Outcome
Mar 12, 2026 2026-046 FLTA007 : LM-400 TDS Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Success
Apr 29, 2025 2025-U01 FLTA006 : LM-400 TDS Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Failure
Jul 4, 2024 2024-125 FLTA005 : CATSAT, MESAT-1, TES-11
+5 more , R5-S2-2.0, R5-S4, Serenity, KUbesat-1, SOC-i
Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Success
Dec 22, 2023 2023-202 FLTA004 : Tyvak-1015 Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Failure
Sep 15, 2023 2023-142 FLTA003 : VICTUS NOX Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Success
Oct 1, 2022 2022-122 FLTA002 : Fossa 1B, QubiK-4, QubiK-3
+4 more , GENESIS J, TES-15, GENESIS G, Serenity
Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Success
Sep 3, 2021 2021-F08 FLTA001 : Spinnaker-3, Hiapo, Serenity
+8 more , NPS-CENETIX-Orbital 1, GENESIS L, GENESIS N, Fossa 2, Fossa 1B, QubiK 2, QubiK 1, BSS 1
Firefly Alpha VSFB / SLC2W Failure