SPACE INDEX
Firefly Aerospace logo Firefly Aerospace Designs and operates small- and medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and in-space maneuvering vehicles for defense, civil, and commercial space missions vs Longshot Ground-based kinetic accelerator company targeting low-cost orbital launch and hypersonic testing Longshot logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD1 shared sector
Firefly Aerospace Longshot
Founded 2014 2020
Headquarters Texas Alameda, California
Type public private
Status operating operating
Employees 800
Total funding
Latest round Series D
Sectors Launch Services, Lunar Services, Space Transportation & Logistics Launch Services, Space Defense Systems
Products listed 6 4
Federal contracts
Launches 11 (36%)
Leaders listed Jason Kim, Darren Ma, Shea Ferring Mike Grace, Nathan Saichek, Lauren Liddell
News mentions 22 0
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED
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How do Firefly Aerospace and Longshot compare?

Both companies work in Launch Services. Firefly Aerospace was founded in 2014 and Longshot in 2020.
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Which has more launches, Firefly Aerospace or Longshot?

Firefly Aerospace leads with 11 tracked launches (36% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.