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Vulcan Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle [a] developed and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA). It is a two-stage-to-orbit launch vehicle consisting of the Vulcan first stage and the Centaur second stage.
First NRO launch on Vulcan 2025 [18] Vulcan Centaur Vandenberg, SLC‑3E: NROL-83: TBA: NRO: Classified NRO payload. First Vulcan Centaur launch from Vandenberg. 2025 Vulcan Centaur VC2S [22] Cape Canaveral, SLC‑41: GPS III SV10 [23] MEO: U.S. Space Force: First GPS mission for Vulcan Centaur. 2025 [7] Vulcan Centaur VC2S [22] Cape Canaveral ...
In November 2020, ULA launched NROL-101, a top secret spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office, on board their Atlas V in a 531 configuration. This launch was notable because it was the first flight of the GEM-63 solid rocket boosters, a version of which will be used on their Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. [153]
Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list ...
On 12 August 2019, ULA submitted Vulcan Centaur for phase 2 of the USAF's launch services competition. As of July 2024, Vulcan Centaur has completed one certification flight launch and another is left be fully certified for national security launches.
They give the Vulcan first stage a bit of extra oomph to help lift it into orbit, then fall away and let Vulcan's main engines, built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company, and then the Centaur ...
The uncrewed craft will lift off atop the United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA said Friday that there is currently an 85% chance of favorable ...
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