Elytra Dusk is the middle configuration of Firefly Aerospace's Elytra orbital vehicle line, intended for transfers from low Earth orbit toward geostationary orbit. Firefly offers it with enhanced maneuverability, acceleration and power compared with Elytra Dawn, for rendezvous and proximity operations, space domain awareness and multi-path communications across orbits. Its stated orbits are LEO, MEO, extended GEO and lunar orbit. The listed figures are a payload capacity of up to 500 kilograms, up to 2,400 watts of power, and one to four hypergolic thrusters burning MMH and MON-3, with reaction wheels and cold-gas thrusters for attitude control. Launch compatibility is given as Alpha, Eclipse and other NSSL class launch vehicles, and the page lists SDA v3.2 and v4.0 crosslink support.
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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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1. Firefly Aerospace: Elytra Orbiters (Firefly Aerospace)
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 Dusk vehicle overview, propellant
MMH/MON-3
Elytra Dusk vehicle overview, main engine
1-4x hypergolic thrusters
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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