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The Air Force plans to launch NTS-3 on the USSF-106 mission, which is projected to be the first national security launch by United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket.
The components of the Vulcan Centaur rocket were transported to ULA facilities at Cape Canaveral on January 22.
The Vulcan Centaur rocket's booster and Centaur upper stage arrived at Cape Canaveral on January 21 from the ULA factory in Decatur, Alabama.
United Launch Alliance is planning a series of tests of the Vulcan Centaur hardware and associated ground systems at Cape Canaveral in the coming weeks.
Peregrine is the primary payload on the inaugural launch of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket.
In addition to Peregrine, the inaugural Vulcan launch, called Cert-1 by ULA, will carry two demo satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation.
After completing the hardware tests, United Launch Alliance plans to add payloads to the Vulcan rocket and proceed to final launch preparations.
Peregrine is ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida once United Launch Alliance gives approval to receive it.
Astrobotic Technologies and United Launch Alliance have not announced a formal launch date for the Peregrine mission.
United Launch Alliance plans to conduct a wet dress rehearsal for the Vulcan rocket where it will be filled with propellants and undergo a practice countdown.
The Peregrine lander will remain on public display until it receives the green light from United Launch Alliance for shipment to Cape Canaveral for prelaunch processing.
The seven-day record was set in 2014 with United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 541 launching DMSP-19 from SLC-3 East at Vandenberg and Atlas V 401 launching NROL-67 from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral.
United Launch Alliance received the task order for GPS SV-07 in May 2022 under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 agreement that splits national security missions 60/40 between ULA and SpaceX.
The United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket has begun its journey to the launch site in preparation for its first test flight.
Upon arrival at Cape Canaveral, the Vulcan hardware will be transferred to ULA facilities for inspections and processing.
The ULA team has completed production of the Vulcan rocket for its first certification flight.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won the NSSL Phase 2 competition in 2020 and their Phase 2 contracts will be re-competed in 2024.
Phase 3 would create on-ramps for additional competitors compared to Phase 2, where only ULA and SpaceX were selected to launch all national security missions over five years.
Virgin Orbit initiated a formal investigation into the 2023-01-09 failure led by Chad Foerster, chief engineer and vice president of technology, and Jim Sponnick, former vice president of Atlas and Delta programs at United Launch Alliance.
The Boeing-built SES-20 was launched by United Launch Alliance in tandem with SES-21 from Cape Canaveral, Florida in October 2022.