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 won 60% of the Phase 2 missions.
United Launch Alliance received a $337,000,000 contract on 2021-08-07 to launch USSF-51 and USSF-106.
United Launch Alliance awarded Blue Origin a contract in 2018 for production of BE-4 engines for Vulcan.
The National Security Space Launch Phase 2 five-year contract selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to launch military and intelligence agency satellites.
USSF-51 was awarded to United Launch Alliance in August 2020.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the SBIRS GEO Flight 5 mission lifted off on 2021-05-18 at 1:37 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
United Launch Alliance provided launch services for the SBIRS GEO-5 mission.
To date, United Launch Alliance has launched 144 times with 100 percent mission success.
United Launch Alliance has successfully delivered more than 140 missions to orbit that support meteorology, planetary science, military capabilities, commercial services, and GPS navigation.
United Launch Alliance had launched all SBIRS GEO satellites to date and planned to launch the fifth and sixth satellites to complete the SBIRS constellation.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off 2021-05-18 at 1:37 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
SBIRS GEO-5 was launched at 1:37 p.m. EDT aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
United Launch Alliance planned the Space Test Program-3 mission for 2021-06-23, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as its next launch following SBIRS GEO-5.
The Space Force selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as its launch providers for five years under NSSL Phase 2 in the year before 2021-05-11.
Encapsulation of SBIRS GEO-5 within United Launch Alliance’s payload fairing completed the final major testing milestone before launch.
NASA and Boeing plan to launch the OFT-2 Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V at 2:53 p.m. Eastern on 2021-07-30.
Frank Slazer has held engineering and business development roles at Northrop Grumman, United Launch Alliance, and Boeing.
USSF-106 is a classified mission that was awarded to United Launch Alliance last year under the National Security Space Launch program run by the Space and Missile Systems Center.
United Launch Alliance is targeting the first Vulcan Centaur launch for late 2021 but has not provided a more specific launch date.
The Air Force and the Space Force are counting on United Launch Alliance to introduce a new launch vehicle later 2021 that uses a domestic engine.