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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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United Launch Alliance has launched over 145 missions and maintains a 100 percent mission success legacy.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/5/2022United Launch Alliance To Place 38 Amazon Project Kuiper Satellites Into LEO

United Launch Alliance began coordinating with major suppliers about the need to increase production for Kuiper launches one year before the 2022-04-05 Space Symposium briefing.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/5/2022Amazon launch contracts drive changes to launch vehicle production

United Launch Alliance has launched 149 times with 100 percent mission success to date.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT3/2/2022NOAA’s GOES-T Satellite Launched To Orbit By United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance has launched 148 times with 100 percent mission success to date.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/21/2022A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Rocket Lifts The USSF-8 Mission To Orbit

To date, United Launch Alliance has launched 147 times with 100 percent mission success.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/20/2022All Systems Go As ULA’s Atlas V Preps For Tomorrow’s Launch Of U.S. Space Force’s USSF-8

United Launch Alliance has successfully delivered more than 145 missions to orbit.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT1/20/2022All Systems Go As ULA’s Atlas V Preps For Tomorrow’s Launch Of U.S. Space Force’s USSF-8

United Launch Alliance expected to receive BE-4 engines in the first quarter of 2022 to support an inaugural launch for Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander in 2022.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/13/2021New launch vehicles face schedule pressure

United Launch Alliance planned to have an integrated Vulcan Centaur rocket delivered to the launch site to support a 2022 inaugural launch.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/13/2021New launch vehicles face schedule pressure

United Launch Alliance had launched 146 times with 100 percent mission success to date.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT12/7/2021UPDATE 3: The USSF’s STP-3 Mission Launch By ULA Is Successful — The STPSat-6 Satellite Is Released From Earth’s Gravity Via An Atlas V Rocket + Navigates To Orbit

United Launch Alliance plans to have Vulcan certified for National Security Space Launch missions by 2023.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/3/2021Tory Bruno: ULA won’t get engines by Christmas, BE-4s coming in early 2022

United Launch Alliance had launched 146 times with 100 percent mission success prior to the Lucy mission.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT10/16/2021UPDATE: Lucy Launched

United Launch Alliance had launched 144 times to date with a 100 percent mission success record prior to the Landsat 9 launch.

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/27/2021UPDATE 2: NASA’s Landsat 9 Mission Successfully Launched By ULA From Vandenberg Space Force Base, Plus, US Space Force Reports On Their Involvement

United Launch Alliance plans to get Vulcan certified by 2023 to enable launch of the remaining assigned NSSL missions.

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/28/2021Space Force launch director on Vulcan and BE-4: ‘We have to be very focused from here on out’

United Launch Alliance’s plan is to complete Vulcan’s first two commercial launches in 2022 so the vehicle can be certified to fly its first national security mission in 2023.

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/19/2021National security launch in transition as Space Force waits for Vulcan

United Launch Alliance plans to launch Boeing’s Starliner Orbital Flight Test 2 mission to the International Space Station on 2021-07-30 before resuming Atlas V flights with the older RL10 configuration.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/23/2021ULA delays further use of enhanced upper-stage engine pending studies

The BE-4 engine under development for ULA’s Vulcan rocket experienced technical challenges related to igniter and booster capabilities and may not be qualified in time to support first launches beginning in 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/8/2021GAO’s annual review of DoD programs raises concerns on space launch, missile warning satellites

Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander will launch on the inaugural flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket, currently scheduled for no earlier than late 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL5/20/2021Firefly selects SpaceX to launch its lunar lander

To date, United Launch Alliance has launched 144 times with 100 percent mission success.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT5/18/2021UPDATE 4: Up, Up + Away To Orbit Goes USSF SMC’s SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Mission Via A United Launch Alliance Atlas V Launch Vehicle

United Launch Alliance has launched 142 times with 100 percent mission success.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/25/2021United Launch Alliance Ready For Monday’s Launch NROL-82 Mission to Support National Security

United Launch Alliance has successfully delivered more than 140 missions to orbit.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/19/2021Amazon Selects ULA For Kuiper Launches
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