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 originally won 60% of the Phase 2 missions and SpaceX originally won 40% of the Phase 2 missions.
The Space Force selected ULA’s Vulcan Centaur to launch all Phase 2 missions.
Astrobotic's Mission Control Center will take control of Peregrine once it separates from the ULA rocket.
Of the 21 missions assigned for fiscal year 2024, United Launch Alliance received 11 missions and SpaceX received 10 missions.
Peregrine was unloaded at Astrotech facilities where it will be integrated with United Launch Alliance's Vulcan for launch on December 24, 2023.
Astrobotic's Mission Control Center will take control of Peregrine after its separation from the ULA rocket.
United Launch Alliance scheduled backup launch opportunities for 2023-12-25 and 2023-12-26 and additional opportunities in January to accommodate lighting conditions at Peregrine’s landing site and communications access.
The Space Systems Command assigned 21 launch missions to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX on 2024-10-31 as part of the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
Based on the latest Phase 2 mission assignments, United Launch Alliance ended up with 54% of missions and SpaceX ended up with 46% of missions.
The Peregrine lunar lander was unloaded at Astrotech facilities for integration with United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine is scheduled to launch on 2023-12-24 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.
United Launch Alliance is building up a stockpile of Vulcan vehicles to support an increased launch cadence and plans to reach launches every two weeks by mid-2025.
United Launch Alliance plans to launch the inaugural Vulcan Centaur mission, Cert-1, on 2023-12-24 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance expects to perform several Vulcan launches in 2024 to increase launch rate for customers such as Amazon’s Project Kuiper.
Astrobotic's launch of the Peregrine lander is dependent on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket, which has experienced delays.
Amazon’s Project Kuiper contracted Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance to launch its 3,236-satellite Kuiper constellation.
The second ViaSat-3 satellite was slated to launch on an Atlas V rocket from United Launch Alliance this fall to cover Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Protoflight mission for Amazon’s Project Kuiper lifted off on 2023-10-06 at 2:06 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
United Launch Alliance has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success to date.
United Launch Alliance and Project Kuiper are partnered to launch the majority of the Project Kuiper constellation.