United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch 40 Amazon satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Nov. 13, pending range approval and favorable weather. The mission would use Vulcan to deploy spacecraft for Amazon’s low-Earth-orbit constellation, while SpaceX is separately adding 27 Starlink satellites in a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg.
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United Launch Alliance is scheduled to launch 40 Amazon satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Nov. 13, pending range approval and favorable weather. The mission would use Vulcan to deploy spacecraft for Amazon’s low-Earth-orbit constellation, while SpaceX is separately adding 27 Starlink satellites in a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg.
United Launch Alliance has secured a major NASA contract as its Vulcan rocket approaches a return to flight. The developments put the launch provider’s government work and the status of its next-generation vehicle in focus, though the available reports do not specify the contract’s value or Vulcan’s return date.
The U.S. Space Force has reassigned a next-generation missile-warning satellite and a payload stack for an experimental cislunar surveillance mission from United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan to SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. The moves are part of a broader reshuffling of military launches prompted by Vulcan delays.
A speaker quoted in a Rocket Report says they are “weeks away” from launching on United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. The article’s headline also notes a rare Falcon 9 scrub, but the available summary provides no launch date, payload or further details about the Vulcan mission.
United Launch Alliance is preparing to return Vulcan to flight with an Amazon Leo mission, but the Space Force will conduct a separate review before permitting the rocket to resume national security launches. The process adds an additional gate between Vulcan’s commercial return and military mission certification.
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United Launch Alliance is preparing to resume Vulcan launches in the coming weeks, while financial pressure at the joint venture has renewed questions about whether its owners may ultimately seek a sale. The developments put Vulcan’s launch cadence and ULA’s longer-term corporate structure in focus.
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