Funding
$175.0M
Models
1
Overview
American space and defense technology company developing launch vehicles (Alpha), lunar landers (Blue Ghost), and orbital vehicles. Record Q1 2026 revenue of $80.9M. $332M total funding across 4 rounds.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CTO
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Founded
Funding
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Products
Incidents
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Firefly Aerospace on the deployment map
Where Firefly Aerospace's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Explainers
Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Firefly Aerospace, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.
- What is Firefly Blue Ghost?
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 landed successfully on the lunar surface in March 2025 and operated for the planned lunar day. It is the cohort's canonical full mission success across the 2023-2025 commercial lunar landing wave, distinct from Intuitive Machines IM-1 and IM-2 (tipped on landing), ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 and Mission 2 (failed during descent), and Astrobotic Peregrine (never attempted landing).
- What is autonomous space systems?
Autonomous space systems is a cohort of robotic platforms whose primary feature is autonomy in space operations: lunar landers, planetary rovers, orbital servicing satellites, station robotics, and crew + cargo autonomy. The verified-vs-claimed angle is unusually strong: honest mission outcomes anchor the editorial substance. Five lunar landings in 2023-2025 produced one full success, two partial successes, and two failures.
- How does DEPLOY apply verified-vs-claimed discipline to autonomous space missions?
Space is the ultimate hype sector: dramatic claims, high stakes, and a public that wants to believe. DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed discipline reads every mission outcome against primary-source telemetry, customer-of-record acceptance, and published mission records, not maker press releases, to produce an honest capability map. The framework distinguishes full success from tipped, failed from never-attempted, and demonstrated from pre-flight, treating precision as editorial substance.
Current leadership (2)
- Jason Kim CEOreported, not verified
- Tom Markusic Co-founder, former CEO; Board Member & Chief Technical Advisorsince 2014-03-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Tom Markusiccofounderfounded 2014-03-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Firefly Aerospace.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Firefly Aerospace in third-party press
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (3)
- Public Offering2025-08-01
$868M(reported) · $10.0B post
- Series D2024-11-01
$175M(reported) · $2.0B post
- Series B2022-03-01
$75M(reported)
Investors: AE Industrial Partners (AEI) (lead)
Regulatory filings (1)
- CLPS Task Order (BGM1)other · othergranted
Linked models: Blue Ghost Lander
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 landing
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 2, 2025
Blue Ghost Lander at The Moon
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Firefly Aerospace?
- American space and defense technology company developing launch vehicles (Alpha), lunar landers (Blue Ghost), and orbital vehicles. Record Q1 2026 revenue of $80.9M. $332M total funding across 4 rounds.
- What does Firefly Aerospace make?
- Firefly Aerospace has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Blue Ghost Lander (Firefly Aerospace builds physical robots).
- Who competes with Firefly Aerospace?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Firefly Aerospace building in the same form factors include Impulse Space, Astrobotic Technology, China National Space Administration, Astroscale.
- Who is the CEO of Firefly Aerospace?
- Jason Kim is the ceo of Firefly Aerospace, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Firefly Aerospace headquartered?
- Firefly Aerospace is headquartered in Cedar Park, Texas, USA.
- How much funding has Firefly Aerospace raised?
- Firefly Aerospace has raised approximately $175M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Firefly Aerospace operate robots?
- Firefly Aerospace is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is Firefly Aerospace a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Firefly Aerospace ranks in roughly the top 13% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Firefly Aerospace founded?
- Firefly Aerospace was founded in 2014.
- Is Firefly Aerospace safe?
- Firefly Aerospace has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Firefly Aerospace.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Firefly Aerospace from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/firefly-aerospace.md
- RSS feed: /companies/firefly-aerospace/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6ac4f3cb-ac6e-498c-bd17-bdc4427a2ebc
- Revision history: /companies/firefly-aerospace/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
Reality vs attention
Firefly Aerospace draws attention at the 35th percentile but verifies reality at the 47th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap -12, 11th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Well-capitalized with $1.1B raised. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 21, 2026