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• Centaur modifications push first Vulcan launch to fourth quarter SpaceNews · 13 Jul 2023 United Launch Alliance is now planning a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket in the fourth quarter after the company completes modifications to and testing of the upper stage.
• United Launch Alliance delays maiden Vulcan Centaur launch Teslarati · 30 Jun 2023 Following the anomaly investigation into the Centaur V upper stage, United Launch Alliance is de-stacking the Vulcan Centaur rocket and shipping the...
• ULA’s Vulcan Upper Stage Needs Mods Before First Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 28 Jun 2023 The first launch of the United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will be further delayed because the Centaur V upper stage needs modifications. ULA had targeted May 4 for that inaugural
• Centaur Upper Stage Delays ULA Vulcan Maiden Flight The Launch Pad · 24 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has announced further delays for the inaugural launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket due to necessary modifications to the Centaur upper stage.
• First Vulcan launch further delayed for Centaur modifications SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2023 The inaugural launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket faces new delays after the company said it needs to make “minor reinforcements” to part of the Centaur upper stage.
• ULA’s Delta 4 Heavy launches classified spy satellite SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket June 22 at 5:18 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...
• ULA’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy launches NROL-68 mission NASASpaceflight · 22 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy rocket took flight on the NROL-68 mission Thursday, lofting a secretive payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff, from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape C...
• United Launch Alliance ready for penultimate Delta IV Heavy launch Teslarati · 20 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance is targeting the launch of the penultimate Delta IV Heavy with the secretive NROL-68 mission at 3:29 AM ET...
• After tough start this year, United Launch Alliance can turn things around tonight Ars Technica · 20 Jun 2023 "These launches place critical capabilities into orbit for our nation."
• Launch Roundup: ULA launches Delta IV Heavy; SpaceX launches three missions NASASpaceflight · 17 Jun 2023 In what will be a quiet week for orbital launches, Rocket Lab launched its first suborbital Electron mission; SpaceX launched the Satria satellite to geostationary transfer orbit; China launched the Shiyan 25 payload to...
• Space Force Assigns SpaceX & ULA New Security Missions The Launch Pad · 17 Jun 2023 The US Space Force launch procurement office has announced that an additional 12 missions have been assigned to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
• This Week In Spaceflight: Vulcan fires up, Canadian fires from space, and JWST deep field data NASASpaceflight · 9 Jun 2023 A variety of methalox rockets are approaching launch, with the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket completing its flight readiness firing. What’s more, the wildfires currently raging in Canada have been studied...
• ULA Completes Vulcan FRF Test SpacePolicyOnline.com · 9 Jun 2023 The United Launch Alliance successfully test fired the BE-4 engines for its new Vulcan rocket on the launch pad yesterday. The company is still investigating what happened in an earlier
• Space Force assigns 12 national security missions to SpaceX and ULA SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 The U.S. Space Force launch procurement office on June 8 announced an additional 12 missions assigned to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
• United Launch Alliance successfully test fires new Vulcan rocket Teslarati · 8 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance successfully test-fires new Vulcan rocket Following a successful Flight Tanking Test (FTT), United Launch Alliance fired up the Vulcan...
• Vulcan performs static-fire test SpaceNews · 8 Jun 2023 United Launch Alliance carried out a static-fire test of its Vulcan Centaur rocket June 7, one of the final milestones before the vehicle’s first launch.
• ULA preparing for Vulcan Centaur static fire SpaceNews · 17 May 2023 United Launch Alliance expects to conduct a static-fire test of its Vulcan Centaur rocket in several days, but the timing of the vehicle’s first launch will depend on the outcome of an ongoing investigation of a test ano...
• Vulcan conducts launch day dress rehearsal as the final Delta IV Heavy arrives at Cape Canaveral NASASpaceflight · 12 May 2023 Action finally returned to the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) as the Vulcan-Centaur rocket rolled out to the pad on May 11 for further testing ahead of its debut flight. Meanwhile, ULA of...
• ULA prepares for new round of Vulcan tests SpaceNews · 11 May 2023 United Launch Alliance plans to resume tanking tests of its Vulcan Centaur rocket and test fire its main engines as early as next week, the company announced May 11.
• SpaceX to take over West Coast launch pad previously used by ULA SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2023 SpaceX is getting a second launch pad on the West Coast after gaining approval to lease Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, a historic pad previously occupied by United Launch Allia...
• Space Force in wait-and-see mode as ULA continues to investigate upper-stage anomaly SpaceNews · 19 Apr 2023 The head of the U.S. Space Force launch program, Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, said he has been briefed by United Launch Alliance on an anomaly experienced last month during testing of the Centaur upper stage of ULA’s new roc...
• The next battle for U.S. military launch contracts is about to begin SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2023 In the fiercely competitive space launch industry, United Launch Alliance and SpaceX have established themselves as the reigning providers of U.S. national security launch services, leaving little room for potential
• ULA Completes Vulcan Tanking Test, WDR Next The Launch Pad · 17 Mar 2023 The United Launch Alliance (ULA) team has completed the next phase of testing in preparation for the inaugural Vulcan rocket flight.
• ULA Rolls First Vulcan Rocket To The Pad Ahead Of Testing Campaign For Launch The Launch Pad · 9 Mar 2023 After stacking inside the Vehicle Integration Facility (VIF) in late January, United Launch Alliance (ULA) has rolled out their newest rocket - Vulcan Centaur - to Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) for a testing campaign...
• Sources say prominent US rocket-maker United Launch Alliance is up for sale Ars Technica · 1 Mar 2023 The potential sale of ULA comes with many questions for a buyer.
• Air Force navigation satellite to launch on Vulcan’s first national security mission SpaceNews · 27 Feb 2023 A U.S. Space Force mission carrying a navigation satellite to geostationary Earth orbit has been confirmed as the first national security launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.
• ULA announces May launch of first Vulcan SpaceNews · 24 Feb 2023 The first launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket is now scheduled for no earlier than May 4, a date the company says is based on remaining tests of the rocket and its main engines as well as launch wind...
• When will United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket fly? Ars Technica · 3 Feb 2023 The Peregrine lander is ready for launch. Sort of.
• Military officials forecast 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023 Spaceflight Now · 2 Jan 2023 The U.S. Space Force is preparing for as many as 87 launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 2023, including dozens more SpaceX missions and the expected debuts of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan and Relativity’s Terran 1...
• Artemis I review shows perfect ICPS performance, ULA looks to next Artemis launches NASASpaceflight · 12 Dec 2022 United Launch Alliance (ULA), the prime contractor for the Space Launch System’s (SLS’s) Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS), has declared the stage’s overall performance on the Artemis I mission as “perfect.”
• Tory Bruno: DoD should ‘block buy’ heavy launch services as supply is tight SpaceNews · 17 Nov 2022 United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno is advising the U.S. Space Force to preemptively buy heavy launch services as rockets could be in short supply over the next several years.
• Atlas 5 rocket moves closer to retirement with final launch from California Spaceflight Now · 10 Nov 2022 The 301st and final Atlas rocket to launch from California blasted off Thursday with a NOAA weather satellite and first-of-its-kind re-entry tech demo experiment, clearing the way for modifications to ready the Atlas lau...
• NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo NASA · 10 Nov 2022 NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency technology demonstratio...
• Final Atlas 5 launch from California delayed for battery replacement Spaceflight Now · 31 Oct 2022 The final flight of an Atlas 5 rocket from California has been delayed from Tuesday until no earlier than Nov. 9 to replace a battery on the launcher’s Centaur upper stage, United Launch Alliance and NASA officials said.
• Amazon to launch two Project Kuiper satellites on Vulcan’s first flight SpaceNews · 12 Oct 2022 The first two satellites of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation — Kuipersat-1 and Kuipersat-2 — will launch on the maiden flight of United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan Centaur rocket
• United Launch Alliance's debut Vulcan mission slips to 2023 -CEO Reuters · 10 Oct 2022 United Launch Alliance has pushed the debut launch of its new Vulcan rocket to early 2023 at the request of one of its customers, the company's chief executive said, further delaying a benchmark mission crucial to the Bo...
• NASA Invites Media to Learn About Inflatable Heat Shield Demo NASA · 5 Oct 2022 NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) will host a media briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at 1 p.m. EDT in advance of the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration. The briefi...
• SES closer to $4 billion payout after ULA launch to near-geostationary orbit SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2022 United Launch Alliance launched a pair of satellites for SES Oct. 4 that are vital to the operator’s bid to claim nearly $4 billion in C-band clearing proceeds.
• Atlas 5 rocket completes high-altitude tandem satellite delivery for SES Spaceflight Now · 5 Oct 2022 Running a few days late after a delay caused by Hurricane Ian, an Atlas 5 rocket built by United Launch Alliance thundered off a launch pad at Cape Canaveral Tuesday and soared to an altitude of nearly 22,000 miles to de...
• Final Atlas V 531 launches dual SES-20 and SES-21 satellites NASASpaceflight · 4 Oct 2022 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the dual-manifested SES-20 & 21 telecommunication satellites on the final Atlas V 531 rocket to a near-circular geosynchronous orbit (GSO). The Atlas V launched from Space Launch...