Alpha • ‘Stairway to Seven’

Firefly Aerospace will launch its Alpha rocket on a return to flight mission following an anomaly seen during Alpha Flight 6. The rocket will carry what the company calls a “test demo” payload. It will also test out new systems that will fully roll out with Firefly’s Block 2 configuration of the rocket on Alpha Flight 8. Delayed from Feb. 18. Delayed from Feb. 27, 28, and March 1/2 “due to high upper-level winds.” Delayed from March 9/10 due to an out-of-range sensor reading. Delayed from March 10/11 due to “off-nominal readings during fluids loading.”