Lightning
Firefly's tap-off-cycle upper-stage engine for the active Alpha launch vehicle.
Identity
- Aliases
- Lightning 1
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- liquid-rocket-engine
- Name
- Lightning
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Firefly's tap-off-cycle upper-stage engine for the active Alpha launch vehicle.
- Developers
- Manufacturers
- Propellants
- RP-1liquid oxygen
- Rocket Specs
- Cycle
- tap-off
- Restartable
- Yes
- Vacuum Specific Impulse S
- 322
- Vacuum Thrust Kn
- 70.1
Links
- Official Url
- https://fireflyspace.com/alpha/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:54:00 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 08:54:00 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Firefly Alpha launch vehicle family official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Firefly Alpha Block II official vehicle reference
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Firefly Alpha Block I official vehicle reference