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Pixxel Firefly-5

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Pixxel Firefly-5 (alias FFLY-5) is a VNIR hyperspectral imaging satellite operated by Pixxel, launched 2025-08-26 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 NAOS rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB.^[1] It is the second of three satellites in Batch 2 of the Pixxel Firefly Phase 1 constellation, launched alongside Firefly-4 and Firefly-6 to complete the six-satellite initial deployment.

Firefly-5 carries Pixxel's proprietary Firefly hyperspectral imager covering the VNIR range. Spectral coverage is reported as 450-900 nm by the operator product page^[2] and 470-850 nm by eoPortal.^[3] Both sources report more than 135 contiguous spectral bands; a Batch 2 press release also references 150+.^[1] Spatial resolution is 5 m with a 40 km swath.^[2] The satellite operates in a Sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 550 km altitude, 97.65 degree inclination, with an equatorial crossing around 10:00-11:00 local solar time.

The six-satellite Phase 1 constellation is designed for approximately daily revisit; single-satellite revisit is 17 days. Firefly-5 is uniform in design with its five constellation siblings and Pixxel has not published per-satellite payload differentiation.^[2] Firefly-5 was commissioned as operational as of late 2025 per Pixxel press communications.^[1]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Operational
operator	Pixxel
platform	Pixxel Firefly Bus
launch vehicle	Spacex Falcon 9
Launched	2025-08-26
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, approximately 550 km, 97.65 degree inclination, 10:00-11:00 local solar time equator crossing
revisit days	17
tasking supported	Yes
Last updated	2026-05-24
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

carries instrument Pixxel Firefly hyperspectral imager

built on platform Pixxel Firefly Bus

operated by Pixxel

launched on Spacex Falcon 9

produces data product Pixxel Firefly hyperspectral imagery

same brand group as Pixxel Firefly-6

same brand group as Pixxel Firefly-4

Sources

[1]Pixxel launches second batch of three Fireflies with SpaceX, Pixxeloperator press2026-05-24
[2]Firefly: World's Highest-Resolution Hyperspectral Satellites, Pixxeloperator marketing2026-05-24
[3]Firefly 1 to 6, Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-05-24
[4]Pixxel Hyperspectral Imaging Constellation, eoPortalcommunity2026-05-24

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Plain text

Pixxel Firefly-5. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/pixxel-firefly-5 (CC BY 4.0)

BibTeX

@misc{eoatlas:missions:pixxel-firefly-5,
  title = {Pixxel Firefly-5},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-24. CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/pixxel-firefly-5}
}