The Victus Nox mission is now in standby mode, with Firefly Aerospace and Millennium Space poised to spring to action on Space Force's command.
. The clock to launch starts ticking once the U.S. Space Force sounds the alert. Millennium then has a tight 60-hour window to deliver the satellite to Firefly Aerospace. Firefly will then face its own countdown, tasked with launching the satellite in under 24 hours. The suspense hangs thick as neither Firefly nor Millennium knows when this call will be placed over the next six months.
When the alert is sounded, teams will rush to transport the payload to California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, perform essential fueling operations, and marry it with Firefly’s Alpha payload adapter. The team will have just 24 hours for all these tasks, including updating software, encapsulating the payload, preparing Alpha for launch at the pad, and finally flying the rocket once it becomes safe to do so.
Both companies have been rigorously preparing for the launch, including a successful hot fire test of the rocket. Recent rehearsals saw the packing and transport of a satellite mockup to Firefly’s facility at Vandenberg, with all launch operations completed within the stringent 24-hour window.
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