United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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.

commercialFounded 2006

History · 1 eventDec 1, 2006 · Boeing and Lockheed Martin form United Launch Alliance joint venture

Denver, Colorado, United States

www.ulalaunch.com

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The Amazon Leo launch will be ULA’s seventh mission for the constellation.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0May 30, 2026Doble lanzamiento desde Cabo Cañaveral: SpaceX y United Launch Alliance ponen en órbita nuevas misiones con Falcon 9 y Atlas V

ULA launched 29 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 30, 2026ULA successfully launched another 29 Amazon Leo satellites last night. The next Amazon Leo launch will be LE-03 on Ariane 6, which will be the first Ariane 6 to fly with upgraded P160C boosters. ULA's next launch will be LA-08, which will be the final Leo launch on Atlas V.

United Launch Alliance initiated the countdown for an Atlas V rocket launch to deploy 29 advanced broadband satellites for Amazon Leo.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 29, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: United Launch Alliance has initiated the countdown for today's launch of the Atlas V rocket to deploy 29 advanced broadband satellites into space for Amazon Leo. Our launch opportunity opens at 7:33:30 p.m. EDT (2333:30 UTC) for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch countdown is a tightly scripted sequence of procedures and steps over the next seven hours that will complete pre-launch testing, fill the rocket with propellants and put systems into flight mode. Our live status blog begins at 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 UTC) prior to the start of fueling operations and the livestream starts 20 minutes before launch.

United Launch Alliance is supporting the base Emergency Operations Center and assessing all of its facilities after an explosion at nearby Space Launch Complex 36.

GeneralValue 3.0May 29, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: The ULA team is reacting to an explosion at nearby Space Launch Complex 36. The Atlas V for Amazon’s Leo 7 mission remains secure at SLC-41, where final prelaunch preparations continue for the planned May 29, 2026, 7:33 p.m. EDT liftoff. Teams are supporting the base Emergency Operations Center and assessing all ULA facilities. Initial checks show nominal power and purge systems at SLC-41, and the rocket remains safe. We’ll share updates as they become available.

United Launch Alliance uses undercarriage railcars and trackmobile machines to move the mobile launch platform and Atlas V 551 rocket along tracks up the hill to the pad.

CapabilityValue 4.0May 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: Rollout is underway of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to send the next batch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into space on Friday. The MLP will travel to the pad with the help of undercarriage railcars and trackmobile machines that push the entire 1.9-million-pound (862,000kg) platform and Atlas V 551 rocket along tracks up the hill to the pad. // @AmazonLeo

Amazon Leo has used United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, SpaceX, and Blue Origin as launch providers.

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United Launch Alliance is rolling out an Atlas V rocket to send the next batch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into space on Friday.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0May 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: Rollout is underway of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to send the next batch of Amazon Leo broadband satellites into space on Friday. The MLP will travel to the pad with the help of undercarriage railcars and trackmobile machines that push the entire 1.9-million-pound (862,000kg) platform and Atlas V 551 rocket along tracks up the hill to the pad. // @AmazonLeo

United Launch Alliance has launched 168 Amazon satellites into space so far.

GeneralCapabilityValue 4.0May 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: On the pad! United Launch Alliance transported our Atlas V rocket to its Cape Canaveral launch pad this morning to deliver Amazon Leo 7 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff is planned for tomorrow evening at 7:33 p.m. EDT (2333 UTC). ULA will launch 29 satellites for this seventh Amazon Leo mission, matching the largest and heaviest payload ever for the venerable rocket. We have successfully launched 168 Amazon satellites into space so far. // @AmazonLeo

United Launch Alliance transported its Atlas V rocket to Cape Canaveral’s launch pad for the Amazon Leo 7 mission.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 28, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: RT by @GewoonLukas_: On the pad! United Launch Alliance transported our Atlas V rocket to its Cape Canaveral launch pad this morning to deliver Amazon Leo 7 into low Earth orbit. Liftoff is planned for tomorrow evening at 7:33 p.m. EDT (2333 UTC). ULA will launch 29 satellites for this seventh Amazon Leo mission, matching the largest and heaviest payload ever for the venerable rocket. We have successfully launched 168 Amazon satellites into space so far. // @AmazonLeo

United Launch Alliance calls its planned Vulcan rocket reusable engine module concept SMART, short for Sensible Modular Autonomous Return Technology.

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United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur is the launch vehicle for Amazon Project Kuiper’s planned Leo missions.

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The most recent progress toward United Launch Alliance’s SMART reuse was the recovery of an inflatable heat shield after reentry from orbital speeds.

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United Launch Alliance’s SMART reuse concept traces back to Boeing experiments in the 1990s.

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Atlas V received a payload of 29 satellites for the next United Launch Alliance mission for Amazon.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 15, 2026RT by @GewoonLukas_: Atlas V received its payload of 29 satellites for the next United Launch Alliance mission to space for Amazon. The Leo 7 launch enables expansion of the Amazon Leo constellation to provide fast, reliable internet to communities around the world. The launch is planned for Friday,…

United Launch Alliance integrated the fairing for the LA-07 mission with Atlas V.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 15, 2026The fairing with the 29 Amazon Leo satellites for LA-07 has been integrated with Atlas V. While it may not feel this way, this actually is the penultimate Atlas V to fly with a fairing. Launch is now NET May 29th at 16:27 UTC due to a component that needed to be replaced.

United Launch Alliance is beginning to stack the next Vulcan rocket while an SRB investigation continues.

PlanGeneralValue 3.6May 14, 2026ULA says they are beginning to stack the next Vulcan while the SRB investigation continues. This will be Amazon Leo LV-01, which will be the 1st with 6 SRB's & LEO Centaur V. Stacking will allow teams to perform tests & a WDR to be ready once the investigation ends. 📸 USSF-106

United Launch Alliance is preparing an Atlas V 551 launch campaign for Amazon Leo 7 at Cape Canaveral.

PlanRelationshipsValue 4.0May 12, 2026Following LVOS on May 5th, the SRB's for LA-07 were mated on May 7th. The fairing transporter was also moved to Amazon's Payload Processing Facility today to pick up the fairing, so the Centaur upper stage has likely also been stacked. Launch is NET May 22th at 18:56 UTC.

The RL10 upper-stage engine powers the Centaur V upper stage on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.

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United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur is tied to National Security Space Launch missions that include payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office, GPS Block III, and Wideband Global SATCOM.

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Amazon has contracted launch capacity from United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and Blue Origin for Amazon Leo.

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