Firefly and Millennium on Standby for High-Stakes Space Force Mission
Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space Systems are on standby, awaiting orders from the U.S. Space Force to launch the Victus Nox mission, a rapid-response space mission to low Earth orbit. The mission aims to accelerate the planning and execution of national security missions. Once alerted, Firefly will have a 60-hour window to transport the payload to the launch site, conduct fueling operations, and integrate it with the Alpha rocket's payload adapter. The payload is a small imaging satellite built by Millennium Space, and once deployed, Millennium will attempt to activate the satellite within 48 hours and begin tracking and imaging objects in orbit.