ConnectedCosmos Launch 1

Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Firefly Aerospace

NET December 2026

First of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Schedule confidence

LOW

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Why does RocketRune rate it this way?
  • Only a target quarter has been announced.
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  • No schedule changes recorded since RocketRune began tracking this launch.

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Launch site
Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Vehicle
Firefly Alpha Block 2
Provider
Firefly Aerospace
Orbit
PO
Payload
ConnectedCosmos Launch 1
Status
To Be Determined
Vehicle height
31.6 m
Liftoff thrust
736 kN

What changed

  1. AUG 11 · 10:32 PM UTC
    NET Q4.
    Launch Library note·Source
  2. JUN 26 · 4:41 AM UTC
    Updated payload for possible next launch of Firefly Alpha (VICTUS HAZE Jackal now confirmed to have already launched on Falcon 9).
    Launch Library note·Source
  3. MAY 6 · 11:15 PM UTC
    NET late summer (exact near term manifest TBD).
    Launch Library note·Source

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