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Atlas V [a] is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was designed by Lockheed Martin and has been operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA) [b] since 2006. It is used for DoD, NASA, and commercial payloads. It is America's longest-serving active rocket.
United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) is an American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The company designs, assembles, sells and launches rockets, but the company subcontracts out the production of rocket engines and solid rocket boosters .
Landsat 9 is an Earth observation satellite launched on 27 September 2021 from Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on an Atlas V 401 launch vehicle. [12] NASA is in charge of building, launching, and testing the satellite, while the United States Geological Survey (USGS) operates the satellite, and manages and distributes the data archive. [13]
ULA launched an Atlas V rocket at 5:36 p.m. ET Tuesday, October 4, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket vaulted from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 5:36 p.m. EDT, Tues., Oct. 4.
The Atlas V, currently in service, was developed by Lockheed Martin as part of the US Air Force Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. The first was launched on August 21, 2002. In 2006, operation was transferred to United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. Lockheed Martin continued to market ...
The Vulcan Centaur re-uses many technologies from ULA's Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles, [18] with an aim to achieve better performance and lower production costs. Also, unlike vertically integrated competitors like SpaceX and Blue Origin , ULA (itself a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin) relies heavily on subcontractors to ...
Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint rocket venture, United Launch Alliance (ULA), plans to upgrade a version of its Vulcan rocket to challenge SpaceX's Starship in the low Earth orbit satellite ...