Watch Firefly launch their FIRST EVER orbital rocket, Alpha

Firefly Aerospace is the next private rocket company that aims to achieve orbit with its brand new Alpha launch vehicle. Alpha will lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA, and targets a 300 km low Earth orbit (LEO) in which it will deploy multiple payloads. On board of the FLTA001 DREAM mission will be Fireflys DREAM payloads, which consist of technical and nontechnical payloads, ranging from CubeSats and DNA samples, to pictures of loved ones. 00:00 Intro 07:00 Prelaunch Preview 18:20 Pointy End Up, Flamey End Down 25:42 Q A 58:30 First launch attempt 1:00:00 Reset for next attempt, Break 1:08:11 Q A 1:52:52 Strongback Retract 1:54:45 FTS armed 1:56:15 T2 minutes, GO, NOGO 1:58:17 Liftoff 2:00:45 Anomaly 2:01:45 Post Launch Q A Read more about this mission here by checking out our Prelaunch Preview And see how Alpha compares to some other small sat launchers by watching our video about some of these new and u