Elytra Dawn is the smallest of the three configurations of Firefly Aerospace's Elytra orbital vehicle line. Firefly describes it as a lightweight orbital vehicle that can be deployed rapidly on its Alpha launch vehicle to give customers on-demand maneuverability, payload delivery and space domain awareness in low Earth orbit and beyond. The company lists it for LEO, MEO and extended GEO orbits, with a payload capacity of up to 300 kilograms, up to 1,000 watts of power, one 200 newton hypergolic main thruster burning MMH and MON-3, and reaction wheels with cold-gas thrusters for attitude control. It can fly on Alpha, Eclipse and other launchers, mounted on an ESPA Grande ring, in an XL volume or as a cake-topper. In March 2025 the US Defense Innovation Unit awarded Firefly a contract to use three to six Elytra Dawn vehicles in its Sinequone project.
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PropulsionMMH and MON-3 (hypergolic) 1 Engine Class Connections
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Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
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Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) is an American aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas.
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Firefly AerospaceOrbit with Elytra, introduction, spacecraft
Our line of highly mobile and scalable spacecraft provides on-demand payload delivery, imaging, long-haul communications, and domain awareness across cislunar space.
Elytra Dawn vehicle overview, propellant
MMH/MON-3
Elytra Dawn vehicle overview, main engine
1x hypergolic thruster
Orbit with Elytra, introduction, maker
Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
Of Make: Firefly Aerospace, Orbit with Elytra, introduction
Firefly's multi-mission Elytra vehicles offer in-space services when and where customers need it.
is a version of the model: Firefly Elytra, Orbit with Elytra, configurations
Each configuration - Elytra Dawn, Elytra Dusk, and Elytra Dark - travels further into space
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Elytra, development
Firefly has been developing Elytra, a lineup of orbital transfer vehicles designed to move payloads and satellites from one orbit to another within LEO, GEO, and cislunar space.
Lead, nationality
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Firefly) is an American aerospace firm based in Cedar Park, Texas.
Exemplifies: Space Transport, Elytra, Elytra Dark and Blue Ghost Mission 2
Elytra Dark will propel Blue Ghost Mission 2 to lunar orbit and serve as an orbiter, as well as deploy ESA's Lunar Pathfinder payload.
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