Vulcan

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has not yet performed its first flight, making a ULA NSSL Phase 2 launch later 2023 appear unlikely.

The SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer launches will use United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from the Western range into polar orbit.

During the countdown on 2023-05-25, ULA's team observed a delayed response from the Vulcan booster engine ignition system that requires further review.

United Launch Alliance rolled the Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral back to its Vertical Integration Facility on 2023-05-15.

United Launch Alliance has not provided a new target launch date for Vulcan as of 2023-05-11.

United Launch Alliance plans to resume tanking tests of its Vulcan Centaur rocket as early as next week from 2023-05-11.

NTS-3 is scheduled to launch as a 1,250-kilogram secondary payload on USSF-106, a national security space mission assigned to United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Vulcan must complete two successful orbital missions in order to be certified to launch U.S. military and intelligence satellites under the National Security Space Launch program.

United Launch Alliance had announced a 2023-05-04 target date for Vulcan’s first launch prior to the 2023-03-29 incident.

The Space Force expected Vulcan to launch its first national security mission in late 2023 but that now appears unlikely.

Vulcan was selected in 2020 to launch 60% of national security missions over five years, with SpaceX selected to launch the other 40%.

The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur vehicle must complete two orbital flights before certification for national security launches and the Vulcan program received nearly $1,000,000,000 in Pentagon investment for development.

WGS-11 is scheduled to launch in 2024 on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket.

Astrobotic is set to launch its Peregrine mission as soon as 2023-05-04 pending the status of its Vulcan Centaur rocket.

United Launch Alliance’s inaugural Vulcan Centaur rocket was scheduled for as soon as 2023-05-04 and Vulcan and Atlas use the same launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

ULA was planning a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket as soon as 2023-05-04, pending completion of testing.

Astrobotic has won two CLPS task orders, including the Peregrine lander scheduled to launch in May on the first Vulcan Centaur rocket and a 2024 mission to deliver NASA’s VIPER lunar rover.

The Space Force funded nearly $1,000,000,000 of Vulcan development costs.