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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
United States
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Beyond Gravity supplied the payload fairing for the ULA Vulcan rocket.

Mentioned as: ULATechnical ProductFeb 17, 2026Beyond Gravity Supplies Components for Two Launch Vehicles

United Launch Alliance designed the Vulcan rocket to be largely expendable rather than fully reusable.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2026Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusability

United Launch Alliance previously studied a reusable Centaur upper stage as a concept for in-space stage reuse.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2026Seattle’s lessons for rocket reusability

United Launch Alliance successfully launched its Vulcan rocket on the USSF-87 mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 13, 2026"observed an anomaly" is certainly a phrase of all times to use here...

Northrop Grumman is working with United Launch Alliance partners to collect data and understand the anomaly.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 13, 2026"observed an anomaly" is certainly a phrase of all times to use here...

Both the Ariane 64 and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rockets completed recent launches successfully.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 13, 2026The First Flight of Ariane 64 Reaches Orbit

United Launch Alliance’s 2026 launch queue comprises 2 to 4 Atlas missions and 16 to 18 Vulcan missions.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026*press X to doubt*

Telemetry near BECO is available for the two United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur (Vulcan VC4) launches USSF-87 and USSF-106.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026One thing about the launch though - @ulalaunch is probably correct to report nominal launch performance even with this yet another "observation" - here are the telemetry close to BECO for the 2 Vulcan VC4 launches so far, tonight's USSF-87 on the left & USSF-106 on the right.

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket delivered USSF-87 to geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas.

United Launch Alliance had planned to launch GPS III SV10 on Vulcan as its next mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas.

United Launch Alliance has 18 to 22 launches in its queue for 2026.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026*press X to doubt*

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket successfully launched national security spacecraft into geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Yeah if the Cert-2 SRB issue didn’t affect the launch performance itself directly, it certainly didn’t at here either.

United Launch Alliance will work with the U.S. government to review flight data and collect debris if necessary before Vulcan’s next mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Vulcan, Ariane 64 Blast Off

A solid rocket booster nozzle joint section experienced a burn-through during a ULA Vulcan launch.

Mentioned as: ULATechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026And you can see yet again the SRB nozzle joint section had a burn-through - this time *pointing at* the BE-4s, unlike what happened on the Cert-2 flight:

United Launch Alliance launched a Vulcan rocket on the USSF-87 mission on February 12, 2026.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026If you can't see the nozzle falling off clearly, it's clear as daylight here (lower left on the 1st photo):

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket lifted off from Florida at 4:22am carrying a Space Force spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Vulcan, Ariane 64 Blast Off

United Launch Alliance will conduct an investigation before the next Vulcan launch.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Despite the anomaly, Vulcan successfully delivered USSF-87 to GSO. ULA's next launch was supposed to be GPS III SV10 aboard Vulcan, but ULA will perform an investigation before the next Vulcan launch. My guess would be that ULA's next launch now likely is another Leo Atlas.

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket lifted off on the USSF-87 mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Another angle of the initial GEM-63XL nozzle joint burn-through:

United Launch Alliance launched the GSSAP 7 and GSSAP 8 satellites for the United States Space Force from SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026OH DEAR Not again @northropgrumman! 2 SRB nozzles falling off in 4 launches and 12 flights is uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Time to look at combined effects of the rocket on those nozzles I think - Vulcan is supposed to be *the* reliable launcher (cough)...

A ULA Vulcan rocket lifted off from Florida at 4:22 a.m. carrying a Space Force spacecraft to geosynchronous orbit.

Mentioned as: ULATechnical ProductFeb 12, 2026Vast Wins Its First Private Astronaut Mission to ISS
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