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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Blue Origin delivered a BE-4 rocket engine to United Launch Alliance.
United Launch Alliance selected the BE-4 as Vulcan Centaur’s main engine in September 2018.
ULA aims to fly Vulcan Centaur in 2021 to remain competitive for one of two U.S. Space Force launch contracts that will cover launches between 2022 and 2027.
The delivered BE-4 engine is the first pathfinder engine to be mated with the Vulcan Centaur and will support ULA testing.
The final Defense Support Program satellite was launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket in 2007.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement development funding to be spread over six years.
United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan rocket for the Phase 2 competition with a planned first flight in 2021.
The 2020-03-01 Perseverance rover mission is scheduled to launch 2020-07-20 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance is providing the Atlas V rocket to launch Mars 2020.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are competing for two Phase 2 contracts to fly approximately 34 missions from 2022 to 2027.
A group of 28 lawmakers from Colorado, Alabama, and other states with ULA manufacturing and launch operations sent a 2020-05-29 letter to Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond urging them not to add a third provider in Phase 2.
The Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman collectively received $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreements to be spread over six years.
Viasat has signed launch contracts with Arianespace, SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance to cover all three ViaSat‑3 satellites but has not assigned which provider will launch which spacecraft.
If delayed, Ariane 6 would join United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket and Blue Origin’s New Glenn in encountering setbacks that pushed their maiden flights to 2021 instead of 2020.
United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Air Force X-37B spaceplane to orbit on 2020-05-17.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in October 2018 to be spread over six years to help defray the cost of rocket certification for national security launch and of building launch pads on East and West coast ranges.
The Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement funding in 2018 to be spread over six years.
For the Phase 2 competition, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman are developing new launch vehicles with company-stated first-flight readiness in 2021.
U.S. law prevents the Air Force from purchasing United Launch Alliance Atlas V launches after 2022 because Atlas V uses Russian engines.