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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ULA plans to ship the Vulcan vehicle to the pad in November and expects to fly Vulcan in December.
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has proposed a commercial deal to supply 1,100 tonnes of propellant per year on the lunar surface for $500 per kilogram.
United Launch Alliance has launched 157 times to date with 100 percent mission success.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
As of 2023-09-10, United Launch Alliance has launched 157 times with 100 percent mission success.
The Northrop Grumman GEM 63 solid rocket boosters provided approximately £1,850,000of thrust to propel the ULA Atlas V rocket.
A ULA Atlas V 551 configuration was used to carry the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 national security payload.
United Launch Alliance launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission direct to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2023-09-10.
Northrop Grumman will provide GEM 63XL rocket motors to help boost United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, which is scheduled for a first launch later 2023.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket launched the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT (5:47 a.m. PDT).
NROL-107, also known as SilentBarker, flew to geostationary Earth orbit on 2023-09-10 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2023-09-10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Northrop Grumman will continue to provide GEM 63 rocket motors to support United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V.
Each Tranche 2 orbital plane will be launched on a single national security space mission using either United Launch Alliance or SpaceX rockets.
KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 are slated to launch on one of United Launch Alliance’s remaining Atlas 5 rockets this fall.
The KuiperSat launches follow delays with the debut flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket earlier 2023.
Amazon faces a July 2026 deadline in its FCC license to launch half of its 3,236 satellites using Ariane 6, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur.
The lawsuit alleges Amazon’s board and one of its committees spent barely an hour reviewing contracts with Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance before approving them in March 2022.
Amazon management informed the board’s audit committee in July 2020 that it was considering Arianespace, Blue Origin, ULA, and a fourth redacted company for Project Kuiper launch contracts.