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United Launch Alliance modified pad and facility work was completed without impacting Atlas V mission manifest operations.
United Launch Alliance partnered with Hensel Phelps to build a new mobile launch platform to support Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur rockets launching from the same pad.
United Launch Alliance modified Space Launch Complex-41 and the processing facilities in support of Vulcan Centaur’s inaugural launch later 2021.
Vulcan Centaur is United Launch Alliance’s next-generation launch vehicle designed to provide higher performance and greater affordability while delivering reliability.
United Launch Alliance plans to retire the Delta IV Heavy by the middle of the decade as it transitions to the Vulcan Centaur.
The U.S. Air Force awarded Launch Service Agreements to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, and United Launch Alliance in October 2018.
United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected for the National Security Space Launch program in August 2020, defeating Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.
The first GEM 63 motors supported United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket in November 2020.
The GEM 63 motors used by United Launch Alliance on its Atlas V rocket are 20.1 m long.
Northrop Grumman developed the GEM 63XL in partnership with United Launch Alliance to provide additional lift capability to the Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Northrop Grumman completed a static firing of the strap-on solid booster it developed for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket on 2021-01-21.
Northrop Grumman has supplied rocket propulsion to United Launch Alliance and ULA’s heritage companies since 1964.
United Launch Alliance planned to introduce the Vulcan launch vehicle and promised it would be ready in 2021.
Boeing is planning additional work with United Launch Alliance to test integration of Starliner with the Atlas V launch vehicle.
United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 to power the first stage of its new Vulcan rocket.
The Russian RD-180 powers the first stage of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket.
The AR1 contract awarded in 2016 was later reduced to $350,000,000 after United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 for its Vulcan rocket.
NASA’s Landsat-9 mission is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle in September 2021.
United Launch Alliance selected Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman) in September 2015 to supply solid rocket boosters for Atlas 5 and Vulcan.
United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin’s BE-4 in September 2018 for its Vulcan main engine.