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.