United Launch Alliance (ULA) is an American launch service provider, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. As a launch provider, ULA designs, assembles, sells, and launches rockets like the Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur, providing access to space for national security payloads, commercial satellites, and deep-space exploration missions. Its primary customers include the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial entities. Key activities involve launch services, rocket development, and partnerships with organizations like NASA and ESA for various space missions.
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Launch of the ULA Atlas V rocket and Boeing Starliner spacecraft is targeted for 10:34 p.m. EDT on 2024-05-06 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance is readying the Atlas V rocket for a flight test targeted for launch on 2024-05-06 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Tory Bruno committed on 2024-03-27 to returning Space Launch Complex-37 to the U.S. Space Force for future users after United Launch Alliance vacates the site.
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.
United Launch Alliance launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite on 2024-04-09 using the Delta 4 Heavy rocket in the vehicle’s final flight.
United Launch Alliance launches Atlas V vehicles from LC-41 at Cape Canaveral and from SLC-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
United Launch Alliance launches Delta IV vehicles from SLC-37 at Cape Canaveral and from SLC-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launch carrying NROL-70 was planned for Thursday, 2024-03-28 at 1:40 p.m. EDT from SLC-37.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launch carrying NROL-70 was planned for Tuesday, 2024-04-09 at 12:53 p.m. EDT pending range approval.
ULA launches its Atlas V vehicle from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandenberg.
The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was planned for Tuesday, 2024-04-09 at 12:53 p.m. EDT pending range approval.
R/S RocketShip delivered stages of the ULA Delta IV Heavy for NROL-70 from the factory to Cape Canaveral for Horizontal Integration Facility processing.
ULA launches its Delta IV vehicles from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.
Space Systems Command (SSC) of the U.S. Space Force, the National Reconnaissance Office, and United Launch Alliance prepared to launch NROL-70 aboard the final Delta IV Heavy from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy carrying the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed due to an issue with a gaseous nitrogen pipeline that provides pneumatic pressure to the launch vehicle systems.
ULA successfully launched the first operational Delta IV Heavy on 2007-11-10, carrying a Defense Support Program satellite.
United Launch Alliance has conducted 44 Delta IV launches to date, all successful, for Air Force, Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office, NASA, and commercial customers.
United Launch Alliance successfully launched the first operational Delta IV Heavy on 2007-11-10 carrying a Defense Support Program satellite.
The NROL-70 mission is a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) mission launching on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are preparing to launch NROL-70 no earlier than 2024-03-28 from SLC-37B at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.