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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-188766"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLY"
cik: "0001860160"
company_name: "Firefly Aerospace Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T10:00:25.589807+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Firefly Aerospace receives FAA clearance to resume Alpha rocket launches after Flight 6 mishap

## Summary
- FAA clearance granted Aug 26, 2025; Flight 6 mishap occurred Apr 29, 2025.
- Root cause: plume-induced flow separation from higher angle of attack caused booster rupture.
- Corrective actions: thicker thermal protection on Stage 1, reduced angle of attack; already implemented.
- Firefly now working to determine next launch window for Alpha Flight 7.
- Both stages landed safely in Pacific; no public risk during mishap.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-188766
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLY
- cik: 0001860160
- company_name: Firefly Aerospace Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525188766/0001193125-25-188766-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1860160/000119312525188766/d77655d8k.htm

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