ConnectedCosmos Launch 2

Firefly Alpha Block 2 · Firefly Aerospace

NET December 2026NET

Mission brief

What is happening

Firefly Aerospace is launching ConnectedCosmos Launch 2 on a Firefly Alpha Block 2 from Space Launch Complex 2W at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. It is a communications mission heading to Polar Orbit.

At a glance

Destination: Polar Orbit
Payload: ConnectedCosmos Launch 2
Mission type: Communications
Rocket: Firefly Alpha Block 2
Provider: Firefly Aerospace
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 2W

Second 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.

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AUG 11 · 10:32 PM UTC
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JUN 26 · 4:43 AM UTC
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Schedule confidence

LOW

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Why does RocketRune rate it this way?

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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 2
Status: To Be Determined
Vehicle height: 31.6 m
Liftoff thrust: 736 kN

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