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To The Black

Firefly Alpha launch from Vandenberg (United States) on October 1, 2022, carrying 7 payloads. GCAT records the launch as a success.

October 1, 2022 · 07:01 UTCLaunch 2022-122Launch no. 6,305 in the log
RocketFirefly Alphavariant I
SpaceportVandenbergpad SLC2W
OutcomePartial · 0.75stage 2 restart failure
Launch agencyFireflyUnited States

Flight

Date and time (UTC)
October 1, 2022, 07:01
Launch designation
2022-122
Flight name
To The Black
Vehicle flight ID
FLTA002

Orbit and payload

Payload mass to orbit
0.019 t
Payloads
7
GCAT launch code
OS75 · S2R

Payloads

PayloadDesignationOwnerMission typeMassFate
Serenity2022-122ANORAD 53955Teachers in Space Inc.Communications3 kgReentered (orbital decay) · Oct 12, 2022
ASTROLAND-12022-122BNORAD 53956AMSAT-SpainCommunications0 kgReentered (orbital decay) · Oct 5, 2022
TechEdSat-152022-122CNORAD 53957NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett FieldTechnology4 kgReentered (orbital decay) · Oct 5, 2022
ASTROLAND-22022-122DNORAD 53958AMSAT-SpainCommunications0 kgReentered (orbital decay) · Oct 5, 2022
QubiK 32022-122FLibre Space Foundation———
QubiK 42022-122GLibre Space Foundation———
FossaSat 1B2022-122HFossa Systems———

Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.