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ULA may develop a first-stage engine module for Vulcan that could be detached, recovered, and reused.
ULA is conducting tests in advance of the first launch of Vulcan in late 2023.
ULA won a $224.3 million contract for two Vulcan launches, which included special-service surcharges.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Arianespace are expected to perform up to 92 Project Kuiper launches under a launch deal announced in early 2022.
Amazon initially planned to launch its first two Project Kuiper prototype satellites by the fourth quarter of 2022 on ABL Space Systems rockets before switching to a United Launch Alliance Vulcan mission now slated for the fourth quarter of 2023.
The Kennedy Space Center satellite processing facility will perform final preparations of Project Kuiper satellites shipped in from out of state for launch aboard Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance rockets.
Under the dual-lane NSSL strategy, multiple medium-lift rockets will be selected to launch lower-orbit missions and three heavy-lift launch providers will be selected to reduce the Department of Defense’s dependence on SpaceX and United Launch Alliance.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won NSSL Phase 2 in 2020 and their current contracts will be recompeted under Phase 3.
The Space Force initially planned to award five-year Lane 2 contracts to two providers, modeled after the Phase 2 agreements with ULA and SpaceX.
United Launch Alliance delayed the Vulcan launch on 2023-06-24 to make minor reinforcements to the Centaur upper stage.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and other suppliers are working to increase BE-4 production to meet a target rate of 25 engines a year by mid-2025 under the initiative referred to as "25 in ’25."
A Centaur that had already been shipped to Cape Canaveral and tested for the inaugural launch will be returned to ULA’s Decatur, Alabama, factory for modifications.
United Launch Alliance is working with Cert-1’s primary customer, Astrobotic, to identify launch windows in the fourth quarter for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander.
United Launch Alliance has delivered more than 100 satellites to orbit.
ULA has executed rideshare partnerships with NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and commercial customers to deliver missions to orbits from low Earth orbit to the Moon.
NSSL Phase 3 Lane 2 is modeled after the Phase 2 procurement that United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won in 2020.
United Launch Alliance will host a media teleconference in the next few weeks to provide more details about the Centaur modifications and Cert-1 schedule.
United Launch Alliance has several Centaur stages at its Decatur factory, and one of those stages will be used to complete the qualification testing interrupted by the March incident.
United Launch Alliance completed an investigation into an anomaly during a 2023-03-29 test of a Centaur at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.
United Launch Alliance completed a review of data from the Flight Readiness Firing of the Vulcan booster’s BE-4 engines on 2023-06-07 and concluded that all test objectives were successfully achieved.