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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V will roll out to the pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on 2020-07-28.
The GEM 63 rocket motors were developed under a cooperative agreement between Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance.
United Launch Alliance plans to fly GEM 63 motors on future Atlas V missions while Northrop Grumman completes development of the larger GEM 63XL for Vulcan Centaur.
Northrop Grumman delivered three custom-designed solid rocket motors on 2020-07-21 to fly later 2020 on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle.
COTS enabled SpaceX to develop the Falcon 9, which allowed SpaceX to attract business beyond commercial cargo including some military space business previously held by ULA.
SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Blue Origin, and Northrop Grumman were competitors for the U.S. Space Force’s National Security Space Launch Phase 2 competition with two winners to be selected in summer 2020.
ULA aims to fly Vulcan Centaur in 2021 to remain competitive for one of two U.S. Space Force launch contracts that will cover launches between 2022 and 2027.
On 2020-07-01, a BE-4 engine arrived at United Launch Alliance’s rocket factory in Decatur, Alabama.
United Launch Alliance set a 2021 target to fly its first Vulcan Centaur mission and needs two production-quality engines to build the launch vehicle for that mission.
United Launch Alliance selected the BE-4 as Vulcan Centaur’s main engine in September 2018.
Blue Origin developed the BE-4 engine with some financial support from United Launch Alliance.
The delivered BE-4 engine is the first pathfinder engine to be mated with the Vulcan Centaur and will support ULA testing.
Blue Origin delivered a BE-4 rocket engine to United Launch Alliance.
The final Defense Support Program satellite was launched on a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket in 2007.
In October 2018 the Air Force awarded Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, and Northrop Grumman $2,300,000,000 in Launch Service Agreement development funding to be spread over six years.
The 2020-03-01 Perseverance rover mission is scheduled to launch 2020-07-20 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan rocket for the Phase 2 competition with a planned first flight in 2021.
United Launch Alliance is providing the Atlas V rocket to launch Mars 2020.
Blue Origin, United Launch Alliance, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX are competing for two Phase 2 contracts to fly approximately 34 missions from 2022 to 2027.
A group of 28 lawmakers from Colorado, Alabama, and other states with ULA manufacturing and launch operations sent a 2020-05-29 letter to Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett and Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond urging them not to add a third provider in Phase 2.