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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.
Rocket, configuration Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch outcome 1 8 January 2024 07:18 Vulcan Centaur VC2S: Cape Canaveral, SLC‑41: Peregrine lander: 1,283 kg (2,829 lb) TLI: Astrobotic Technology: Success [3] Enterprise (space burial) Heliocentric: Celestis: Maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur and Vulcan Centaur VC2S ...
On 8 January 2024 ULA used the inaugural flight of the Vulcan Centaur rocket to launch the Peregrine mission. Lift-off from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 41 took place at 2:18 am EST. [42] The rocket was launched in the VC2S configuration, with two solid rocket boosters and a standard-length fairing.
Vulcan, developed to replace ULA's workhorse Atlas V rocket and rival the reusable Falcon 9 from Elon Musk's SpaceX, took off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. It had ...
The Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch Dec. 24, carrying the remains and DNA samples of 338 people, including some 'Star Trek' actors.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a propulsion system issue on its way to the moon on Monday, upending the first U.S. soft lunar landing attempt in over 50 ...
Notable milestones included the successful maiden launches of the American Vulcan Centaur and China's Gravity-1, and Long March 12 rockets. The European Ariane 6 rocket also conducted its inaugural flight, though it experienced a partial failure. SpaceX advanced its Starship development, with flight test 5 achieving the first landing of its ...
The starting price for a Vulcan launch is roughly $110 million, half that of its predecessor Atlas V, which anchored ULA's dominance for U.S. national security satellite launches since ULA's 2006 ...