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United Launch Alliance and SpaceX were selected on 2020-08-07 as the Space Force’s primary launch providers for 2022 to 2027.
On 2020-08-07, United Launch Alliance was awarded the first Phase 2 contract to launch two missions in fiscal year 2022, one in the second quarter and the other in the fourth quarter.
United Launch Alliance plans Vulcan Centaur’s first launch in 2021 to carry a lunar lander for Astrobotic.
United Launch Alliance planned Vulcan Centaur’s second flight in 2021 to carry Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station.
United Launch Alliance stated that the Dream Chaser delay will not prevent Vulcan Centaur from achieving certification in time for its first national security mission in 2022.
United Launch Alliance launched an Atlas V rocket carrying the NROL-101 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2020-11-13 at 5:32 p.m. EST.
United Launch Alliance has launched 141 times with 100 percent mission success as of the NROL-101 flight.
The NROL-101 mission represented United Launch Alliance’s 29th mission launched for the National Reconnaissance Office.
The GEM 63 strap-on boosters were developed under a cooperative agreement between Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance to provide additional lift capability for the Atlas V launch vehicle.
Northrop Grumman has supplied rocket propulsion to United Launch Alliance and its heritage companies since 1964.
A National Reconnaissance Office satellite launched to orbit on 2020-11-13 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.
United Launch Alliance plans to fly GEM 63 boosters on future Atlas 5 missions while Northrop Grumman completes development of the larger GEM 63XL for ULA’s Vulcan Centaur.
Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, noted that some commercial missions delayed due to a temporary constriction of the capital markets.
United Launch Alliance received a $967,000,000 Launch Service Agreement contract from the Air Force.
In the Phase 2 awards, United Launch Alliance’s $337,000,000 contract covers two missions while SpaceX’s $316,000,000 contract covers one mission.
United Launch Alliance received a $337,000,000 Phase 2 award to launch two missions comparable to the one awarded to SpaceX.
In 2018 the U.S. Air Force awarded United Launch Alliance and other launch companies billions of dollars in Launch Service Agreement funding for vehicle development and infrastructure.
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
NROL-101 will be ULA’s 29th mission launched for the National Reconnaissance Office.
United Launch Alliance has launched 140 times to date with 100 percent mission success.