Vulcan

ULA announced it would fly an inert payload on its second Vulcan launch in September due to delays in testing for Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser.

ULA CEO Tory Bruno ruled out flying a customer payload on the Vulcan launch Cert-2 mission.

ULA plans to fly a mass simulator on its next Vulcan launch in September 2023 instead of the previously planned Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spaceplane.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket is contracted to perform 38 launches for Amazon to support deployment of the majority of the Project Kuiper constellation.

United Launch Alliance signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. in Bristol, Rhode Island to design, oversee, and build a new ship to transport Vulcan rockets from the factory in Decatur, Alabama to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Vandenberg Space Force Base.

United Launch Alliance has been planning a transition from the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 Heavy to the next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket powered by Blue Origin’s BE-4 engines.

Dream Chaser is planned to launch to space atop United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket, separate from the rocket fairing, deploy its wings from a folded position, and fly semi-autonomously to the International Space Station.

On January 8, the first Vulcan rocket by United Launch Alliance successfully placed the Peregrine lander on a trajectory bound for the Moon.

Vulcan was the 271st Centaur launch.

The upper stage of the Vulcan, known as Centaur V, is a high-energy upper stage that enhances the Vulcan's performance for planetary missions.

The Vulcan rocket performed its task perfectly despite the Peregrine lander's issues.

The total number of Centaurs launched to date is 271, with the latest Centaur V version for the Vulcan carrying nearly four times the propellant mass of the original Centaur.

United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket in January 2024.

United Launch Alliance is projecting to launch Vulcan at least once a month and to ramp up to two launches per month by 2025.

The U.S. Space Force selected ULA’s Vulcan in 2020 to launch 60% of the 48 missions projected for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander launched 2024-01-08 on the first ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket and suffered a propellant leak hours after liftoff that Astrobotic believes was caused by a malfunctioning valve that overpressurized and burst a tank.

United Launch Alliance has no plans to continue using SLC-37 for its Vulcan rocket and launches its Vulcan rocket from nearby SLC-41.

Sierra Space's Dream Chaser is a lifting body spaceplane intended to launch inside the payload fairing of a ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket.