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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United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander.
United Launch Alliance launched its next-generation Vulcan rocket on 2024-01-08 at 2:18 a.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
ULA was seeking customers willing to accept the higher risk of launching on its new rocket to win certification from the US Space Force for national security payloads.
United Launch Alliance has a backlog of more than 70 Vulcan launches, including a National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract and 38 launches from Amazon to deploy part of Project Kuiper’s broadband constellation.
Astrobotic's CEO John Thornton expressed confidence in ULA and noted his concerns were more about landing than launch.
ULA aimed to demonstrate the new rocket's performance and work through a backlog of more than 70 missions.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur launched from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on 2024-01-08 at 2:18 a.m. Eastern on a mission designated Cert-1.
If Cert-2 is successful, ULA expects to obtain Space Force certification and start launching national security payloads by summer.
Mark Peller, ULA's vice president of Vulcan development, stated that many systems on Vulcan had extensive flight experience.
ULA executives expressed confidence in the launch and emphasized the need to fly.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket will launch the Cert-1 certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
United Launch Alliance moved the original Cert-1 launch date from 2023-12-24, to 2024-01-08.
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan VC2S rocket is planned to launch the Cert-1 certification mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Aerojet Rocketdyne has a 116-engine order from United Launch Alliance to support Vulcan launches for the 3,236-satellite Kuiper constellation.
The mission designated Cert-1 is Vulcan’s first launch and the first of two certification flights ULA must perform to gain U.S. Space Force approval to launch national security payloads.
United Launch Alliance rolled out its first Vulcan Centaur rocket to Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2024-01-05.
United Launch Alliance scheduled the inaugural Vulcan Centaur launch for 2:18 a.m. Eastern on 2024-01-08.
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan VC2S rocket is planned to lift off on 2024-01-08 from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with a launch window opening at 2:18 a.m. EST.
Aerojet Rocketdyne received a 116-engine order from United Launch Alliance to support Vulcan launches for Amazon’s 3,236-satellite Kuiper constellation.
United Launch Alliance completed the launch readiness review for the inaugural flight of its Vulcan Centaur rocket, mission Cert-1, on 2024-01-04.