Firefly Aerospace Signs Starcloud as Commercial Customer, Demonstrating Data Center Capabilities Around the Moon

*Rendering of Firefly’s Elytra vehicle in lunar orbit with Starcloud’s compute payload onboard

CEDAR PARK, Texas, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a new commercial payload agreement with Starcloud to demonstrate advanced AI computing capabilities in lunar orbit. Starcloud's computing payload, designated SC-1L, will fly onboard Firefly's Elytra orbital vehicle to validate the core capabilities of a future data center around the Moon that can support lunar surface and orbital infrastructure.