ULA Successfully Launches the Penultimate Delta IV Heavy RocketNation's proven heavy lift vehicle delivers high priority mission in support of National Security A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-68 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) lifted off...
— United Launch Alliance's 1st Vulcan Centaur rocket arrives in Florida for debut flight — Powerful Delta IV Heavy rocket launches US spy satellite on final flight from California The June 30 incident was during an "acceptance test" (ATP) that probes for problems with individual u...
THE NEXUS LAUNCHES 9AM MT ON DECEMBER 20TH. I recently used the Circuit for the first time on an 8-day trip. It was great, but I missed not having a free floating, removable top flap/pocket. My worn out, home-made frameless pack that the Circuit replaced included that (which I...
ULA launches Vulcan rocket on maiden flight, but moon landing abortedUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) fired its first Vulcan vehicle on 8 January. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex-41 at 0218 h local time. It launched in the VC2S configuration,...
Three launches were assigned today: ULA is scheduled to launch two missions known as USSF-51 and USSF-106 for the Space Force in 2022, while SpaceX has been assigned USSF-67 in mid-2022. ULA’s two contracts amount to $337 million, and SpaceX’s contract is worth $316 million. Roper...
Assuming the Cert-1 mission goes according to plan, ULA plans to send the Vulcan to orbit again in the Cert-2 mission in early 2024. Spaceflight companies are developing new rockets all the time. France-based Arianespace, for example, is readying Ariane 6 for its maiden flight next year,...
United Launch Alliance is preparing for a busy schedule of rocket launches after completing of a $300 million-plus expansion project that made its Alabama rocket factory the largest facility of its kind in the world.
“SpaceX respectfully disagrees with the Air Force’s LSA award decision,” a company spokesperson tells The Verge in a statement. “While we support the Air Force moving forward with its Phase 2 acquisition strategy for national security space launches as currently planned, we are formally ...
ULA wins,SpaceX loses: Having just certified Falcon 9 – and nearly Falcon Heavy – for high-value military launches and awarded SpaceX a total of 10 launch contracts (9 yet to be completed), the USAF could effectively spit in SpaceX’s face and award ULA and Blue Origin or NGIS LSP...