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 has 12 RD-180 engines in inventory that can be used for national security launches awarded between now and 2022.
United Launch Alliance received an LSA award of $967,000,000 for Vulcan Centaur.
The U.S. Air Force’s 10th Wideband Global Satcom communications satellite (WGS-10) launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at 8:26 PM EST from Space Launch Complex-37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
United Launch Alliance rescheduled the WGS-10 launch to Friday, 2019-03-15.
New rockets being developed by United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman might not be certified for national security launches until at least 2020 or 2021.
The U.S. Air Force divided $739,000,000 in launch contracts between United Launch Alliance and SpaceX for six national security missions slated for 2021-2022.
United Launch Alliance will receive $441,760,000 under a fixed-price contract to launch SBIRS GEO-5, SBIRS GEO-6, and Silent Barker.
NASA awarded the RLSP-35 Lucy launch contract to United Launch Alliance on 2019-01-31 at a total cost to the agency of $148,300,000.
Viasat expects to launch its first ViaSat-3 satellite in 2020 on either a SpaceX Falcon Heavy, an Arianespace Ariane 5, or a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5.
Development of Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine was scheduled to be completed later in 2019 and the engine will be produced at a new factory in Huntsville, Alabama for use on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Blue Origin’s New Glenn.
United Launch Alliance won a NASA contract on 2020-01-31 to launch a planetary science mission.
United Launch Alliance received a NASA contract in October 2017 to launch Landsat-9 on an Atlas V 401 from Vandenberg Air Force Base with a total cost to NASA of $153,800,000.
NASA will use an Atlas V 401 from United Launch Alliance to launch the Lucy mission in October 2021 from Florida.
The Launch Service Agreement program awarded $2,300,000,000 worth of contracts to United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and Blue Origin to develop next-generation launch vehicles.
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program received $954,000,000 in 2019 for competitively awarded launches from United Launch Alliance and SpaceX.
The Air Force intends to end the direct ULA launch subsidy in 2020 as DoD shifts toward a more commercial approach to buying launch services.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman were recipients of U.S. Air Force funding last year collectively worth roughly $2,000,000,000 to develop rockets capable of launching military satellites.
The EELV budget included $660,000,000 in 2019 in launch capability funding to help United Launch Alliance keep both the Atlas 5 and Delta 4 in service.
A higher number of Delta IV launches in 2018 compared with expectations for 2019 contributed to anticipated lower earnings from ULA.
Lockheed Martin’s chief financial officer previously projected that ULA-related earnings could be down as much as $150,000,000 in 2019 compared to 2018.