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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Boeing will work with United Launch Alliance to consider launch opportunities for OFT-2 on an Atlas V rocket.
SpaceX developed the medium-lift Falcon 9 to serve larger commercial and government customers and to compete with United Launch Alliance and Arianespace.
NOAA’s second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) is scheduled to launch in September 2022 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
United Launch Alliance planned to have an integrated Vulcan Centaur rocket delivered to the launch site to support a 2022 inaugural launch.
United Launch Alliance expected to receive BE-4 engines in the first quarter of 2022 to support an inaugural launch for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in 2022.
United Launch Alliance had launched 146 times with 100 percent mission success to date.
United Launch Alliance planned to fly the new Atlas 5 features to accumulate flight experience before transitioning them to its future Vulcan Centaur rocket, which will have a 5.4-meter payload fairing.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force on 2021-12-07.
The NDAA directs the Department of Defense to submit details of the pricing terms of NSSL missions awarded to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the NSSL Phase 2 contract to defense committees.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the Space Test Program-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch a U.S. defense satellite into space on 2021-12-06.
Vulcan is slated to replace United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket because the Department of Defense cannot procure Atlas V beyond 2022 due to its use of Russian-built RD-180 engines.
United Launch Alliance plans to have Vulcan certified for National Security Space Launch missions by 2023.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket was scheduled to launch the Space Test Program-3 (STP-3) mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command on 2021-11-09.
The STP-3 integrated payload stack was mated with United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 551 launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-11-22.
Amazon signed a launch agreement with United Launch Alliance to deploy Project Kuiper satellites aboard Atlas 5 rockets.
Lockheed Martin owns 50% of United Launch Alliance.
Amazon ordered nine Atlas V rockets from United Launch Alliance in April to help deploy the Project Kuiper network.
The U.S. Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance a $191,100,000 contract in 2017 to launch STP-3 in 2019.
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner uncrewed OFT-2 test flight was postponed while ULA and NASA worked to accommodate the Lucy launch.