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Firefly Aerospace/Firefly Alpha Block 2·Space Launch Complex 2W

Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 2

Orbit: PO·Type: Communications

Countdown to T-0

GMT Time
Spaceport
To Be Determined
Firefly Alpha Block 2 | ConnectedCosmos Launch 2 mission image
Vehicle: Firefly Alpha Block 2Credit: Firefly Aerospace / Jack Beyer · Launch Library 2

Second of at least four missions carrying 6 satellites for Open Cosmos' secure LEO broadband constellation, designed to provide independent and resilient connectivity infrastructure for Europe and the world using high-priority Ka-band spectrum filings by the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Target orbit
PO · Polar Orbit
Mission type
Communications
Payload
ConnectedCosmos Launch 2
Mission Update

NET Q4.

Target liftoff time (UTC)

00:00:00 UTC

Thursday, 31 December 2026

Instantaneous window

Planned T-0 liftoff

00:00:00 UTCWindow open
00:00:00 UTCPlanned ignition
00:00:00 UTCWindow close
Rocket family
Firefly Alpha
Height
31.6m
Diameter
1.8m
Payload to LEO
1,030kg
Payload to SSO
630kg
Liftoff thrust
736kN
Stages
2