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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
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United Launch Alliance received five NSS launch service orders for GPS III-7, USSF-23, USSF-43, WGS-11+, and USSF-16 using the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 30, 2022Launch Task Orders From Space Systems Command Go To United Launch Alliance + SpaceX

United Launch Alliance is establishing a new customer program office to support Amazon’s Project Kuiper.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductMay 30, 2022United Launch Alliance Initiates An Amazon Kuiper Program Office + Names A Vice President To Lead The New Entity

United Launch Alliance has launched over 145 missions with a 100 percent mission success record.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceTechnical ProductMay 30, 2022United Launch Alliance Initiates An Amazon Kuiper Program Office + Names A Vice President To Lead The New Entity

Col. Douglas Pentecost, Space Systems Command’s deputy director of launch enterprise, identified ULA’s task orders for the five missions as worth $566,000,000 and SpaceX’s orders for the three missions as worth $280,000,000.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2022Space Force identifies national security launches funded in 2022 and 2023

United Launch Alliance and SpaceX won the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 launch services procurement contract in 2020 with ULA awarded 60% and SpaceX awarded 40% of the missions over five years.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 30, 2022Space Force identifies national security launches funded in 2022 and 2023

The Space Systems Command awarded seven Phase 2 missions between August 2020 and March 2021 with four missions assigned to United Launch Alliance for $561,100,000 and three missions assigned to SpaceX for $475,700,000.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 30, 2022Space Force identifies national security launches funded in 2022 and 2023

The OFT-2 flight test began Thursday, 2022-05-19 when Starliner launched on the ULA Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMay 25, 2022‘Rosie The Rocketeer’ Aboard NASA + Boeing’s Starliner Lands Safely After Departing ISS

Starliner launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 6:36 a.m. on Friday, 2021-12-20 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 25, 2022‘Rosie The Rocketeer’ Aboard NASA + Boeing’s Starliner Lands Safely After Departing ISS

Nanoracks, Maxar, and United Launch Alliance were among six teams selected by NASA in 2017 to prototype technologies in support of deep space habitats.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMay 23, 2022Experimental payload with robotic arm to attempt metal cutting on orbit

Boeing and United Launch Alliance remain committed to launching future CST-100 Starliner commercial crew missions on Atlas 5 rockets even after Atlas 5 is effectively retired for other missions.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 22, 2022Starliner launches to remain on Atlas 5

United Launch Alliance has launched 150 times with 100 percent mission success to date.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMay 19, 2022United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2

United Launch Alliance’s next launch is the USSF-12 mission for the U.S. Space Force planned for 2022-06-29 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 19, 2022United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2

United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket lifted off on 2022-05-19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)NoiseMay 19, 2022United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2

To date, United Launch Alliance has launched 149 times with 100 percent mission success.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMay 17, 2022United Launch Alliance Readies For Orbital FlightTest-2 Launch On The CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on the Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 17, 2022United Launch Alliance Readies For Orbital FlightTest-2 Launch On The CST-100 Starliner Spacecraft

The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMay 16, 2022Flight Readiness Successfully Concludes For Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test-2

SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman (previously Orbital ATK) provided medium- and heavy-class launch services for the US market in 2021.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMay 9, 2022Space Tech Expo USA 2022 to Explore US-Domestic and Global Launches as Space Industry Expands

Boeing moved the Starliner spacecraft from a processing facility at Kennedy Space Center to a United Launch Alliance vehicle processing facility at Space Launch Complex 40 on 2022-05-04.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductMay 5, 2022NASA, Boeing ready for second Starliner test flight

Under the Phase 2 awards, United Launch Alliance received 60% of the projected national security missions and SpaceX received 40% over the five-year contract.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 28, 2022Space Force sees room for more competitors in national security launch

United Launch Alliance plans to make major investments in its supply chain to support as many as 20 to 25 launches per year of its Vulcan Centaur vehicle.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative PlanApr 28, 2022Northrop Grumman expects a $2 billion order from ULA for solid rocket boosters
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