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LaunchMay 5, 2026

Lockheed Martin joins collaboration with Firefly Aerospace and Seagate for off-shore launches

Lockheed Martin joins collaboration with Firefly Aerospace and Seagate for off-shore launches
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Lockheed Martin is joining in the effort to support a sea-based approach for launching Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket. The 29.48-meter-tall (96.7 ft) rocket currently only launches from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Lockheed Martin is joining in the effort to support a sea-based approach for launching Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket.

The announcement comes ahead of Firefly Aerospace’s first quarter earnings call for investors. A timeline for the first ocean-based Alpha rocket launches wasn't announced.

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