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ULA aims to launch twice a month by the end of 2025 to serve its customers, including national security missions and Amazon's Kuiper satellites.
Sierra Space plans to launch Dream Chaser from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Astrobotic’s Peregrine is scheduled to launch on 2023-12-24 on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur.
United Launch Alliance plans to launch the inaugural Vulcan Centaur mission, Cert-1, on 2023-12-24 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success to date.
United Launch Alliance has launched 158 times with 100 percent mission success as of the Protoflight mission statement.
United Launch Alliance has launched 157 times to date with 100 percent mission success.
As of 2023-09-10, United Launch Alliance has launched 157 times with 100 percent mission success.
Northrop Grumman will provide GEM 63XL rocket motors to help boost United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, which is scheduled for a first launch later 2023.
The KuiperSat launches follow delays with the debut flight of ULA’s Vulcan Centaur rocket earlier 2023.
Amazon plans to deploy its first pair of Project Kuiper prototype satellites this fall on an Atlas V from United Launch Alliance.
A Centaur that had already been shipped to Cape Canaveral and tested for the inaugural launch will be returned to ULA’s Decatur, Alabama, factory for modifications.
United Launch Alliance has launched 156 times with 100 percent mission success to date.
On 2023-06-07, United Launch Alliance completed a Vulcan Centaur static-fire test, one of the final milestones before the vehicle’s first launch.
United Launch Alliance had announced a 2023-05-04 target date for Vulcan’s first launch prior to the 2023-03-29 incident.
ULA was planning a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket as soon as 2023-05-04, pending completion of testing.
Astrobotic completed testing of the Peregrine lander on 2023-01-25 and is awaiting ULA’s authorization to ship the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral for pre-launch processing.
United Launch Alliance has a legacy of 100 percent mission success across more than 150 launched missions.
The seven-day record was set in 2014 with United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V 541 launching DMSP-19 from SLC-3 East at Vandenberg and Atlas V 401 launching NROL-67 from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral.
United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno expects to launch Vulcan in the first quarter of 2023.