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MAIA Instrument to be Launched by Firefly

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Tom Patton
Feb 24, 2021
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NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) instrument will be launched next year on a FireFly Alpha rocket carrying a General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS)-developed Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite. The launch is currently planned for Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2022.

“Firefly’s Alpha rocket meets all technical and performance requirement…

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