Firefly Aerospace (@FireflySpace) — Twitter Score 37 out of 1000

Firefly Aerospace Inc. is a public space and defense technology company that claims to be the first commercial company to achieve a successful Moon landing and the first to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice. Firefly Aerospace's Twitter Score is 37 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #26,108 (top 10%) among 498,348 tracked accounts.

Firefly Aerospace was co-founded by Thomas Markusic and Max Polyakov, acquiring the assets of Firefly Systems Inc. through a bankruptcy proceeding and commencing operations in 2017. The company completed its initial public offering on August 8, 2025, and now trades on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol FLY. Its principal offerings span Alpha launch vehicles, Blue Ghost lunar landers, and Elytra orbital vehicles, serving missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon.

Firefly Aerospace is backed by Northrop Grumman, which invested $50 million in preferred equity tied to the jointly developed Eclipse medium-lift launch vehicle and the first-stage upgrade for Antares 330. RPM Ventures led an oversubscribed $175 million Series D round announced November 12, 2024, at a valuation of more than $2 billion. AE Industrial Partners made its initial investment in 2022, acquiring the stake previously held by Noosphere Venture Partners, and held a 36.7% stake as of April 30, 2026, with an investor group it leads controlling more than 50% of voting power for director elections. Additional backers include Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Firefly Aerospace is also affiliated with NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services and acquired autonomous-navigation company Space-ng in June 2026.

Firefly Aerospace has 203,355 followers as of October 2026 on X and has published 2,243 posts. The account has been mentioned by 77 accounts, with 349 total mentions.

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The accounts that follow Firefly Aerospace include 178 founders, 62 angel investors, 61 influencers and 2 VCs. Among them are 6529, DeeZe, Mario Nawfal, Tommy, Andrew Chen and Willy Woo.