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Blue Ghost Mission 2
NET 2027 · Blue Ghost · planned
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 (CS-3 ~$112M, charter-bg2): planned far-side dual-stack (Blue Ghost stacked on Elytra Dark + ESA Lunar Pathfinder).
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BG-M2 dual-spacecraft stack AIT / env test
Firefly stacked Blue Ghost on Elytra Dark, with Lunar Pathfinder in the stack, and ran the full assembly through environmental tests at NASA JPL. · Firefly Aerospace · jpl.nasa.govBG-M2 full-stack vibration qualification at JPL ETL
NASA JPL vibration-tested a full-scale Blue Ghost, Elytra, and Lunar Pathfinder stack for launch loads. · Firefly Aerospace · jpl.nasa.govBlue Ghost avionics
Firefly built Blue Ghost's avionics and guidance in-house. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost carbon-composite legs + crush honeycomb
Four in-house carbon-composite landing legs with crush-core honeycomb for touchdown energy absorption on Blue Ghost M1. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost M2 CLPS dual-stack delivery (CS-3 class)
NASA's CLPS awards to Firefly cover Blue Ghost Mission 2's surface landing and the Elytra orbital service. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost power / solar
Firefly vertical-integration claim for Blue Ghost power and solar resources supporting payload ops through lunar day. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost RCS / thruster package
Firefly states RCS thrusters and many non-main-engine propulsion elements built in-house on Blue Ghost (main engine remains Nammo LEROS). · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comBlue Ghost Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (in-house)
Eight in-house Spectre biprop RCS thrusters (~1,600 N total) for orientation and soft-landing assist - distinct from Nammo LEROS main engine. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comCedar Park spacecraft AIT (Blue Ghost)
Firefly Aerospace Cedar Park TX spacecraft facility for Blue Ghost design, build, cleanroom AIT, and mission ops. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comCLPS CS-3 delivery TO (BG-M2 + ) ~$112M
NASA's CS-3 task order to Firefly covers Blue Ghost Mission 2's far-side landing and delivery of ESA's Lunar Pathfinder into lunar orbit. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comCLPS CS-4 Elytra RF calibration TO ~$18M
NASA CLPS CS-4 ~$18M TO (Sep 2023) for Firefly Elytra RF calibration services from lunar orbit supporting LuSEE-Night. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M2 stack)
Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comElytra DPAF dual payload attach fitting ( deploy)
Firefly's dual payload attach fitting holds Blue Ghost and Lunar Pathfinder on Elytra and separates them in space. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comElytra RF-cal deployable antenna (MMA Design + Vulcan Wireless)
Named suppliers MMA Design and Vulcan Wireless for deployable RF-calibration antenna on Elytra supporting LuSEE-Night (CS-4). · MMA Design / Vulcan Wireless · fireflyspace.comESA Moonlight LCNS constellation (planned)
ESA Moonlight Lunar Communications and Navigation Services constellation - future enable for commercial lander PNT/comms. · European Space Agency (ESA) · esa.intFalcon 9 launch path (Blue Ghost M2)
SpaceX Falcon 9 tracked as launch path for Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 2 dual stack (NET late 2026). · SpaceX · satnews.comFirefly Ocula lunar imaging (Elytra constellation path)
Firefly Ocula lunar imaging service path using multi-Elytra Dark constellation after BG-M2/M3/M4 deployments. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comFlorida Falcon ops for commercial lunar launches
Kennedy Space Center / Cape Canaveral Falcon 9 (and Falcon Heavy path) operations that launched or will launch CLPS and private lunar landers (IM, Firefly, ispace, Astrobotic Griffin path, etc.). · SpaceX · nasa.govJPL User Terminal S-band Proximity-1 (BG-M2)
NASA JPL's User Terminal is an S-band radio on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · NASA · jpl.nasa.govLEROS 4-ET main engine
LEROS 4-ET is Nammo UK's bipropellant main engine on Firefly Blue Ghost. · Nammo UK · nammo.comLunar Pathfinder GNSS navigation demo (ESA/UKSA)
A GNSS receiver on ESA's Lunar Pathfinder, funded with UKSA, tries to lock weak GPS and Galileo signals from Earth at the Moon. · European Engineering & Consultancy Ltd (EECL) · gov.ukLunar Pathfinder relay satellite (rideshare host stack)
ESA/SSTL commercial lunar comms relay deployed with Blue Ghost Mission 2 / Elytra orbital segment. · Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) · spacenews.comLuSEE-Night antennas (Lawrence Berkeley Lab)
LBNL builds LuSEE-Night deployable monopole antenna subsystem for Dark Ages radio science on BG-M2. · bnl.govLuSEE-Night DOE lead (Brookhaven National Lab)
Brookhaven National Laboratory leads LuSEE-Night, a far-side radio astronomy instrument booked on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Brookhaven / LBNL (LuSEE path) · science.nasa.govLuSEE-Night NASA PI path (UC Berkeley SSL)
UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory science/PI path for LuSEE-Night (Stuart Bale NASA PI class public). · physics.berkeley.eduLuSEE-Night radio astronomy (BG-M2 / far side)
LuSEE-Night is a low-frequency radio astronomy instrument from Brookhaven, LBNL, and UC Berkeley. · Brookhaven / LBNL (LuSEE path) · science.nasa.govOcula imaging telescopes (LLNL on Elytra residual)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes enable Firefly Ocula lunar imaging on Elytra residual life after BG-M2 CLPS phases. · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · fireflyspace.comRashid 2 rover (MBRSC on BG-M2)
Rashid 2 is the UAE's second lunar rover, built by MBRSC. · Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre · fireflyspace.comRedwire vision nav lineage (BG-M2 product line)
Redwire cameras and vision navigation flew on Blue Ghost Mission 1. · Redwire · rdw.comSPIDER seismic payload (Fleet Space) on BG-M2
Fleet Space Technologies SPIDER geophysics/seismic instrument commercial rideshare on Blue Ghost Mission 2 far side. · Fleet Space Technologies · fireflyspace.comUT - Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment / JPL comms path (BG-M2)
NASA JPL UT (radiometer / electromagnetic surface experiment class on CS-3 manifests) for Blue Ghost Mission 2 far-side science stack. · NASA · science.nasa.govVolta LightPort wireless power receiver (BG-M2)
Volta Space Technologies LightPort wireless power receiver on Blue Ghost M2 far-side top deck. · Volta Space Technologies · fireflyspace.comCargo
Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night
LuSEE-Night is a low-frequency radio astronomy instrument from Brookhaven, LBNL, and UC Berkeley. · UC Berkeley (Space Sciences Laboratory) · science.nasa.govJPL User Terminal S-band Proximity-1 (BG-M2)
NASA JPL's User Terminal is an S-band radio on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · NASA · science.nasa.govLunar Pathfinder
A GNSS receiver on ESA's Lunar Pathfinder, funded with UKSA, tries to lock weak GPS and Galileo signals from Earth at the Moon. · European Space Agency (ESA) · science.nasa.govRashid 2 rover (MBRSC on BG-M2)
Rashid 2 is the UAE's second lunar rover, built by MBRSC. · Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre · fireflyspace.comElytra Dark orbital vehicle (BG-M2 stack)
Demo for orbital transfer. Elytra Dark is Firefly's orbital tug on Blue Ghost Mission 2. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comElytra RF-cal deployable antenna (MMA Design + Vulcan Wireless)
Named suppliers MMA Design and Vulcan Wireless for deployable RF-calibration antenna on Elytra supporting LuSEE-Night (CS-4). · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comSPIDER seismic payload (Fleet Space) on BG-M2
Fleet Space Technologies SPIDER geophysics/seismic instrument commercial rideshare on Blue Ghost Mission 2 far side. · Fleet Space Technologies · fireflyspace.comVolta LightPort wireless power receiver (BG-M2)
Volta Space Technologies LightPort wireless power receiver on Blue Ghost M2 far-side top deck. · Volta Space Technologies · fireflyspace.comOcula imaging telescopes (LLNL on Elytra residual)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory telescopes enable Firefly Ocula lunar imaging on Elytra residual life after BG-M2 CLPS phases. · Firefly Aerospace · fireflyspace.comRelated flights
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