1. Vice President, Business Development
November 27, 2018| 0830
Firefly and the Emerging Suborbital and Near Earth (LEO) Services Market
Leslie Kovacs
Vice President, Business Development
Firefly Aerospace

2. Overview Small Launch Services Marketplace Alpha Launch Vehicle
Alpha Design Responsive to Smallsat Community
Multiple Payload Options
Orbit Transfer Vehicle (OTV) Operations Augmentation
“Enveloping” of Capability

3. Small Satellite Market – Launch Demand
Launch Gap
1,231 Small Sats Launched
Euroconsult. Prospects for the Small Satellite Market. August 2018

4. Firefly “Alpha” Launch Vehicle
RP-1 Tank
LOx Tank
Lightning
Engine
Payload
Engines
First Stage
59ft / 18m
Second Stage
19.5ft / 5.9m
Payload Segment
16.5ft / 5.04m
Propulsion: Stage 1
Engine - 4X Reaver 1
Propellant - LOX / RP-1
Turbopump-Fed
Thrust (vac) - 165,482 lbf
lsp (vac) sec
Performance
Payload LEO
1,000 kg (LEO 28.5°, 200 km)
Payload SSO
630 kg (SSO, 500 km)
Max Gross Lift-off Weight
54000 kg
Avionics
Mostly COTS Components
Ethernet
Autonomous Flight Termination
Propulsion: Stage 2
Engine - Firefly Lightning 1
Propellant - LOX / RP-1
Turbopump-Fed
Thrust (vac) - 15,759 lbf
lsp (vac) sec
Structures
All Carbon Composite Structure
Linerless Tanks with Cryo Tolerances
Optimal Strength to Weight Ratio
In-House design, analysis, and testing
Carbon Overwrapped Pressure Vessels

5. Facilities – Engineering, Fabrication & Test
Briggs
Austin
$40M in R&D Spent
160+ Employees 46 Subcontractors

6. Alpha – Multiple Payload Options
Payload Integration Engineering
Firefly provides customized engineering services for complex satellite mounting requirements
High fidelity analysis for accurate definition of payload loads and environments
2 PAYLOAD WITH DUAL PAYLOAD ATTACH FITTING (DPAF)
ESPA GRANDE CLASS
SATELLITES
SMALL LAUNCH ESPA
AND 3 ESPA STANDARD

7. Orbit Transfer Vehicle (OTV) – Capabilities
Unlocks higher altitudes and nearly any inclination compared to Alpha LV alone. Travel time varies with payload mass and power

8. Enveloping Capabilities
Key Elements
- Long Lead, Production, I&T– Solved by Purchasing $15M Alpha in Advance
- “Bracketed” Mission Design Compatibility (CLA, ICD, Performance, 6DOF…)
- Pre-Coordinated Approvals by Range, FCC, FAA
Firefly Rapid Response Concept
- USG purchases “White Tail LV to be ready for L-4 month callup (Target is L-1 month)
- Perform Analyses to Bracket Payload Types – Eliminates Mission Specific Analyses
(Analyses Required for First White Tail. Future Missions Leverage Results)
- USG Builds Spacecraft to Standard Interfaces and Bracketed Properties
- Firefly Cycles out White Tail Vehicles as Limited Life Items Approach

9. QUESTIONS? THANK YOU