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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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United Launch Alliance estimates a Vulcan launch rate of 20 to 25 rockets per year to support Project Kuiper.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralApr 5, 2022Amazon launch contracts drive changes to launch vehicle production

Amazon is purchasing up to 83 launches from Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance to deploy most of its 3,236-satellite Project Kuiper, in contracts worth several billion dollars.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipApr 5, 2022Amazon signs multibillion-dollar Project Kuiper launch contracts

After an Antares launch failure in 2014, Orbital Sciences replaced the original AJ26 engines with RD-181 engines and launched two Cygnus missions on United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rockets.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 31, 2022Northrop Grumman weighing options for new Artemis lunar lander competition

United Launch Alliance has completed Vulcan’s stage design and is building the vehicle.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 23, 2022Vulcan Centaur on schedule for first launch in 2022 as New Glenn slips

United Launch Alliance expects to receive the first two BE-4 flight models in mid-2022, which supports a Vulcan launch before the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 23, 2022Vulcan Centaur on schedule for first launch in 2022 as New Glenn slips

United Launch Alliance received a contract in 2018 to launch USSF-12.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 14, 2022Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely

The two STSS satellites launched in 2009 on a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 14, 2022DoD decommissions two missile-tracking satellites after 12 years in orbit

USSF-12 was planned as a two-satellite mission that United Launch Alliance was preparing to launch in April on an Atlas V rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 14, 2022Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely

United Launch Alliance postponed USSF-12 on 2022-03-09 due to a customer request.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 14, 2022Launch of U.S. Space Force missile-warning satellite delayed indefinitely

Four Northrop Grumman GEM 63 solid rocket boosters helped launch and deploy NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite T (GOES-T) aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on 2022-03-02.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 3, 2022Northrop Grumman GEMs Empower The ULA GOES-T Launch

United Launch Alliance will retire the Atlas 5 by 2025 and plans to start transitioning to the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle, which will use the Blue Origin BE-4 engine made in the United States.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 3, 2022U.S. Air Force sees no impact from Russia’s decision to cut off supply of rocket engines

United Launch Alliance has all the RD-180 engines it needs to complete the remaining 24 Atlas 5 launches scheduled between now and 2025, and those engines are stored in the United States.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 3, 2022U.S. Air Force sees no impact from Russia’s decision to cut off supply of rocket engines

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

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralMar 2, 2022NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Launched To Orbit By United Launch Alliance

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the GOES-T spacecraft lifted off on 2022-03-01 at 4:38 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductMar 2, 2022NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Launched To Orbit By United Launch Alliance

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2022-03-01 at 4:38 p.m. Eastern.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipMar 1, 2022Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) T satellite is scheduled to launch at 4:38 p.m. Eastern on 2022-03-01 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 28, 2022GOES-T nears launch as NASA plans studies of next-generation weather satellite

United Launch Alliance and its heritage vehicles have launched all 17 operational GOES missions to date.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 26, 2022NASA + NOAA’s GOES-T To Get Going On March 1

United Launch Alliance is preparing to launch the new Vulcan rocket with a domestically produced engine.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 25, 2022Previous invasion of Ukraine had serious repercussions for the space sector

On 2022-02-15, United Launch Alliance reached an agreement with Milling Precision in Wichita, Kansas to supply components for the Atlas 5 rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 25, 2022ULA: Russia sanctions not expected to disrupt Atlas 5 operations

United Launch Alliance has contracts to launch about 25 more missions for government and commercial customers on the Atlas 5 between now and 2025.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 25, 2022ULA: Russia sanctions not expected to disrupt Atlas 5 operations
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