Enlarge / A test version of Firefly’s Miranda engine fires up on a test stand in Briggs, Texas.Firefly Aerospace
BRIGGS, Texas—The new medium-lift rocket under development by Firefly Aerospace and Northrop Grumman will eventually incorporate a recoverable booster that will return to its launch site in Virginia for reuse.
Firefly has previously suggested rocket reuse is on the roadmap for the new rocket—known, for now, only as the Medium Launch Vehicle (MLV)—but officials revealed new details of the plan during a recent visit by Ars to Firefly’s rocket factory in rural Central Texas.
“Northrop and Firefly have a similar perspective and
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