

- Sep 2, 2021
- 4 min
The Real World. Then There's Spaceport Camden.
Sometime late today, if everything goes right, Firefly Aerospace will make their first launch attempt ever. Firefly is a company with roots, investment, engineering, and supply chain in Ukraine. But because it is technically US-based, they received an FAA-license to attempt their first launch from a converted launch pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base. The Alpha rocket has been under development since 2014 by the former Firefly Space Systems that failed in bankruptcy. Firefly