Firefly is already on contract and will "support a responsive on-orbit mission for the NRO" using the Alpha small launcher and its Elytra on-orbit vehicle for hosting payloads.
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A rocket launch may have ripped a hole in the Earth's ionosphere as it accelerated into space. The rocket, belonging to Firefly Aerospace, was carrying the…