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SpaceX and United Launch Alliance led industry opposition to the debris disposal mandate.
Amazon originally booked 77 launches with United Launch Alliance (Vulcan), Arianespace (Ariane 6), and Blue Origin (New Glenn).
A Vulcan launch experienced a sudden shower of sparks about 65 seconds after liftoff, and ULA observed a significant performance anomaly on one of the four solid rocket motors during that flight.
ULA projected in 2024 that it would perform 20 launches in 2025, a projection later scaled back to a dozen launches by March 2025 and nine by August 2025.
Blue Origin hired Tory Bruno as its president of national security four days after his resignation from ULA, to lead a new National Security Group.
Mark Peller, who had been senior vice president for Vulcan and advanced programs, was named chief operating officer of ULA in December 2025.
ULA completed six launches in 2025, including five Atlas 5 missions and one Vulcan mission in August.
Tory Bruno resigned as president and CEO of United Launch Alliance on December 22, 2025.
John Elbon, ULA’s chief operating officer for the previous eight years, became acting CEO of ULA following Tory Bruno’s resignation.
ULA and booster manufacturer Northrop Grumman implemented corrective actions to the solid rocket booster that were successfully demonstrated during a static-fire test in February at a Northrop site in Utah.
The ULA Vulcan, Arianespace Ariane 6, and Blue Origin New Glenn heavy-lift rockets faced development delays as of early 2026.
In the transition period, ULA reported a backlog of more than 80 missions, including Space Force missions and dozens of Vulcan launches booked for Amazon’s LEO broadband constellation.
United Launch Alliance expected to perform 18 to 22 launches in 2026, with two to four Atlas 5 launches and 16 to 18 Vulcan launches.
SpaceShip is ULA’s new rocket transport vessel and is in the water and almost ready to enter service.
Tory Bruno served as CEO of United Launch Alliance for over 11 years and oversaw development of the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Tory Bruno left United Launch Alliance and joined Blue Origin as President of Blue Origin’s National Security Group.
The analysis critiques United Launch Alliance’s initial expendable design choice for Vulcan as limiting its competitiveness against reuse architectures.
United Launch Alliance initially designed the Vulcan launch vehicle to be totally expendable.
Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance are pursuing competing partial-reuse strategies as alternatives to full reuse.
Beyond Gravity supplied the payload fairing for the ULA Vulcan rocket.