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The 400-foot launch vehicle – crucial to future US spaceflight ambitions – is one that billionaire Elon Musk's company has hoped to begin getting off the ground more often.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Firefly has struggled to build a reliable track record for its small Alpha launch vehicle, a rocket capable of placing more than a metric ton of payload into low-Earth orbit.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
The European Launcher Challenge (ELC) is a new scheme to promote new small and medium-sized launch vehicles and boost competitiveness in Europe, which for decades has relied on large Ariane rockets.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 21 July 2025
The company specializes in building small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Firefly has struggled to build a reliable track record for its small Alpha launch vehicle, a rocket capable of placing more than a metric ton of payload into low-Earth orbit.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 28 July 2025
The European Launcher Challenge (ELC) is a new scheme to promote new small and medium-sized launch vehicles and boost competitiveness in Europe, which for decades has relied on large Ariane rockets.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 21 July 2025
The company specializes in building small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers and orbital vehicles.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
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“Launch vehicle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/launch%20vehicle. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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