# Pixxel Firefly-5
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: pixxel
- **platform**: pixxel-firefly-bus
- **actual launch**: "2025-08-26T00:00:00.000Z"
- **current status**: operational
- **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**: 1
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-24
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed

## Editorial
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.[^pixxel-launch2] 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[^pixxel-firefly-page] and 470-850 nm by eoPortal.[^eoportal-pixxel] Both sources report more than 135 contiguous spectral bands; a Batch 2 press release also references 150+.[^pixxel-launch2] Spatial resolution is 5 m with a 40 km swath.[^pixxel-firefly-page] 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.[^pixxel-firefly-page] Firefly-5 was commissioned as operational as of late 2025 per Pixxel press communications.[^pixxel-launch2]

## Compositional position
- Pixxel Firefly-5 --[mission_payloads]--> pixxel-firefly-imager (products)
- Pixxel Firefly-5 --[mission_buses]--> pixxel-firefly-bus (products)
- Pixxel Firefly-5 --[data_products_from_missions]--> pixxel-firefly-imagery (data_products)
- Pixxel Firefly-5 --[brand-grouping]--> pixxel-firefly-6 (missions)
- pixxel-firefly-4 (missions) --[brand-grouping]--> Pixxel Firefly-5

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Source: https://eo-atlas.org/missions/pixxel-firefly-5
Maintainer: SpectraWorks B.V. (CC-BY 4.0)