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 provided launch services for SES’s C-band transition effort to meet the FCC objective to deploy 0.005 kg service across the U.S.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won NSSL Phase 2 in 2020.
United Launch Alliance lifted off SES-20 and SES-21 at 5:36 p.m. Eastern on 2022-10-04.
The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched SES-20 and SES-21 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-10-04 at 5:36 local time.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 531 rocket launched the Boeing-built SES-20 and SES-21 satellites into near-geosynchronous operations on 2022-10-04 at 5:36 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
United Launch Alliance’s next launch is a commercial mission carrying SES-20 and SES-21 planned for 2022-09-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off on 2022-09-24 at 3:25 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
The National Reconnaissance Office and United Launch Alliance have collaborated through 32 launch campaigns stemming from ULA’s first launch in 2006.
United Launch Alliance has launched 153 times with 100 percent mission success to date.
United Launch Alliance has launched 153 times to date with 100 percent mission success.
United Launch Alliance’s next launch is a commercial SES-20 and SES-21 mission planned for 2022-09-30 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
United Launch Alliance launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket on 2022-09-24 at 3:25 p.m. Pacific from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
United Launch Alliance is under contract to launch two more National Reconnaissance Office satellites on the Delta 4 Heavy in 2023 and 2024 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
United Launch Alliance plans to retire the Delta IV Heavy in 2024 to make room for the Vulcan rocket.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-91 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off on 2022-09-24 at 3:25 p.m. PDT from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
United Launch Alliance plans to retire the Delta 4 Heavy and replace it with the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected over Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman for the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract in August 2020.
United Launch Alliance plans to start vacating Space Launch Complex-6 after completing the NROL-91 mission.
United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office mission on 2022-09-24 from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
United Launch Alliance is under contract to launch two more Delta IV Heavy missions in 2023 and 2024 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.