Firefly aerospace partners with aerojet rocketdyne

Firefly aerospace announced that it will partner with aerojet rocketdyne, a defense and aircraft contractor with roots dating to 1942. one of the first projects on which the two will collaborate is 3d printing of firefly's engines, according to the formal announcement. firefly plans to launch its first rocket, named firefly alpha, in 2020, and also plans to build a rocket plant near nasa's kennedy space center in florida. the company, based near austin, texas, is aiming at small and medium launchers to low-earth orbit, geosynchronous orbit and the moon. the first flight of firefly's small-satellite rocket, alpha, is scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2020 from vandenberg air force base in california. firefly is renovating launch pads at vandenberg and at cape canaveral air force station, fla. firefly said aerojet rocketdyne will have "increased influence" over the design of eventual second-generation alpha rocket engines. aerojet rocketdyne also will work on firefly's orbital transfer vehicle, which transfers small payloads between orbits.
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