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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 ...
Centaur V is the upper stage of the new Vulcan launch vehicle developed by the United Launch Alliance to meet the needs of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. [32] Vulcan was initially intended to enter service with an upgraded variant of the Common Centaur, [ 33 ] with an upgrade to the Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES ...
United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Vulcan Centaur took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander ...
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 ...
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 ...
United Launch Alliance (ULA) introduced Vulcan Centaur in 2024 as the successor to its Delta IV and Atlas V rockets, with Vulcan featuring a single, wider core and optional SRBs. China's Long March 5 was introduced in 2016 as the most powerful version of the Long March family.
Peregrine being rolled out to Space Launch Complex 41 atop a Vulcan Centaur on 5 January 2024. In July 2017, Astrobotic announced an agreement with United Launch Alliance (ULA) to launch their Peregrine lander aboard a Vulcan launch vehicle. [5] This first lunar lander mission, called Mission One, was initially to be launched in July 2021. [5] [6]