Firefly factory
Firefly Aerospace will build a factory at Exploration Park, just outside the gates of the Kennedy Space Center, as well as a launch facility at Cape Canaveral's SLC-20. Credit: Firefly Aerospace

WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace announced agreements with state and federal agencies Feb. 22 to build a new factory for producing and launching its rockets from Florida’s Space Coast.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...