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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
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United Launch Alliance stores the RD-180 rocket engines needed to complete the Atlas 5 fly-out in its factory in Decatur, Alabama.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductFeb 25, 2022ULA: Russia sanctions not expected to disrupt Atlas 5 operations

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 contracted with Milling Precision in Wichita, Kansas to supply components for the Atlas V rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 23, 2022United Launch Alliance Contracts For Atlas V Rocket Components

United Launch Alliance has successfully delivered more than 145 missions to orbit.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 23, 2022United Launch Alliance Contracts For Atlas V Rocket Components

A 2014 Antares launch failure led Orbital ATK, later acquired by Northrop Grumman, to use United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket for two Cygnus missions in 2015 and 2016.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 19, 2022Antares launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft to ISS

United Launch Alliance manufactures Atlas, Delta, and Vulcan Centaur rockets in Decatur, Alabama.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 18, 2022State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama

United Launch Alliance planned to conduct launches from the Space Coast in 2022 including the debut of its Vulcan Centaur rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 17, 2022Florida’s Space Coast is busier than ever, but there’s room for more

United Launch Alliance was awarded roughly 60% of the approximately 30 to 34 missions projected under NSSL Phase 2 and SpaceX was awarded roughly 40%.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 9, 2022Space Force asks launch companies for insight on where the industry is going

In 2020 the Space Force awarded United Launch Alliance and SpaceX five-year contracts for NSSL Phase 2.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipFeb 9, 2022Space Force asks launch companies for insight on where the industry is going

United Launch Alliance and its heritage Atlas and Delta launch vehicles have launched every GOES satellite since GOES-A in 1975.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralFeb 2, 2022GOES-T launch preparations underway

Celestis, Inc. entered into a launch services agreement with United Launch Alliance to host a Celestis Memorial Spaceflight payload aboard the initial flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur planned for later 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipJan 26, 2022Celestis Memorial Payload To Be Launched By ULA’s Inaugural Vulcan Flight

The GOES-T satellite is scheduled to launch 2022-03-01 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: united launch allianceTechnical ProductJan 25, 2022NOAA to move new weather satellite quickly into position

The GEM family of solid rocket motors expanded with the development of the GEM 63XL variation to support ULA’s Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle, which is scheduled for its first flight later 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipJan 21, 2022Northrop Grumman-Built USSF Mission-8 Satellites Successfully Pushed To Orbit By ULA

United Launch Alliance has launched 148 times with 100 percent mission success to date.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Technical ProductJan 21, 2022A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit

The USSF-8 mission was the third ULA Atlas V rocket launch supported by Northrop Grumman’s 63-inch-diameter Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket booster.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralJan 21, 2022Northrop Grumman-Built USSF Mission-8 Satellites Successfully Pushed To Orbit By ULA

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the USSF-8 mission on 2022-01-21.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipJan 21, 2022ULA launches two space surveillance satellites for U.S. Space Force

Two Northrop Grumman Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program satellites named GSSAP-5 and GSSAP-6 were launched into orbit on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as part of the USSF-8 mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralJan 21, 2022Northrop Grumman-Built USSF Mission-8 Satellites Successfully Pushed To Orbit By ULA

United Launch Alliance scheduled its next launch as the GOES-T mission for NASA on 2022-03-01 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductJan 21, 2022A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on 2022-01-21 at 2:00 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductJan 21, 2022A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit

The first two pairs of GSSAP satellites were launched in 2014 and 2016 on ULA Delta IV Medium rockets.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipJan 21, 2022ULA launches two space surveillance satellites for U.S. Space Force
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