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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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commercialFounded 2006
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United Launch Alliance won the ViaSat-3 launch contract with a price that Viasat considered competitive.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

United Launch Alliance has performed eight to 14 launches per year since 2013 but launched only four commercial satellites during that period.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

Viasat chose United Launch Alliance over SpaceX and Arianespace for the ViaSat-3 Atlas 5 launch.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

For United Launch Alliance, the ViaSat-3 deal is its first commercial Atlas 5 contract since taking over commercial Atlas 5 sales from Lockheed Martin in January.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

On 2018-09-10 at World Satellite Business Week in Paris, Viasat contracted United Launch Alliance to launch a ViaSat-3 broadband satellite on an Atlas 5 between 2020 and 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipOct 2, 2018Viasat, ULA insist ViaSat-3 launch was competitively procured

On 2018-09-27 United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin's LOX/LNG BE-4 engine to power the first stage of the Vulcan rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 27, 2018Blue Origin’s BE-4 Engine Selected by ULA to Power Vulcan

United Launch Alliance will use a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 engines using liquid oxygen (LOX) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the first stage of its Vulcan rocket expected to make a first launch in mid-2020.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative PlanSep 27, 2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

United Launch Alliance selected Blue Origin to provide the main engine for its next-generation Vulcan launch vehicle on 2018-09-27.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipSep 27, 2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

The ULA–Blue Origin announcement comes four years after the companies first announced their partnership to develop the BE-4.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 27, 2018ULA selects Blue Origin to provide Vulcan main engine

United Launch Alliance plans a first launch of the Vulcan rocket in 2020.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative PlanSep 25, 2018Aerojet Rocketdyne seeks other customers for AR1 engine

In April (year unspecified in source), the Air Force Research Laboratory launched the ESPA Augmented Geosynchronous Satellite known as Eagle on a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductSep 17, 2018Government agencies prepare for piggyback flights, secondary payloads

The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:02 a.m. Eastern.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceTechnical ProductSep 15, 2018Final Delta 2 launches ICESat-2

Tory Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance, described the GEO market as flat and soft during the Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week on September 11.

Mentioned as: United Launch AllianceOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2018Amid GEO downturn, launch operators look for new markets

ULA will use the Atlas V 551 variant, equipped with a 5-meter payload fairing and five strap-on boosters, to lift the ViaSat-3 satellite.

Mentioned as: ulaTechnical ProductSep 10, 2018Viasat books ULA Atlas 5 for a ViaSat-3 satellite launch

United Launch Alliance won a launch contract to launch one of Viasat’s ViaSat-3 satellites.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 10, 2018Viasat books ULA Atlas 5 for a ViaSat-3 satellite launch

The ULA contract with Viasat is the first commercial contract ULA directly signed since assuming responsibility for marketing and sales of the Atlas V launch vehicle from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services earlier in 2018.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 9, 2018Viasat Selects United Launch Alliance’s Proven Atlas V Rocket For Commercial Satellite Launch

Viasat Inc. selected United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V vehicle to launch one ViaSat-3 satellite mission.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralSep 9, 2018Viasat Selects United Launch Alliance’s Proven Atlas V Rocket For Commercial Satellite Launch

United Launch Alliance is offering a new vehicle that may not be ready to fly until 2020.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Narrative GeneralAug 31, 2018Air Force soon to announce decision on future launch vehicles

The LSA program seeks a domestic alternative to the Russian RD-180 first-stage engine used on ULA’s Atlas V in order to comply with a law phasing out RD-180 use by 2022.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipAug 31, 2018Air Force soon to announce decision on future launch vehicles

United Launch Alliance won three contracts valued at $13,900,000 for launch vehicle technologies including testing an integrated vehicle fluids flight demonstration and cryogenic propellant management for its Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage for later Vulcan variants.

Mentioned as: United Launch Alliance (ULA)Org RelationshipAug 10, 2018NASA funds commercial technology development and market studies
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