Watch Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket return to flight today after 10-month grounding
By Mike Wall
Published on March 1, 2026.
Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is set to return to flight today (March 1) after a 10-month grounding. The rocket will be launched from California's California coast during a two-hour window opening at 7:50 p.m. EST (4:50 GMT on March 2), on a mission Firefly calls "Stairway to Seven". This will be the seventh liftoff for the two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall Alpha. The mission will be a test flight, with the primary goal being to achieve nominal first and second stage performance. The launch will also be the final flight of Alpha's Block I configuration.
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