ULA targets Christmas Eve for inaugural Vulcan rocket launch, CEO says
Publishing timestamp: 2023-10-24 16:24:41
Summary
United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to launch its inaugural flight of the Vulcan rocket on Christmas Eve. The company is currently working on building and qualifying the upper stage of the rocket, with the goal of completing these tasks in November. If there are any delays, the launch will be moved to January. The first mission of the Vulcan rocket will carry a commercial lunar lander and a payload for Celestis, which will contain the ashes of people who wanted to be buried in space. ULA has faced delays in the past, but still plans to fly its heavy-lift rocket by late 2023. The company also aims to launch "several times" in 2024 and increase its launch rate to every other week by the second half of 2025. Additionally, ULA's contract to launch Amazon's Kuiper satellites has diversified its business, making it more balanced between government and commercial work.
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Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/24/ula-ceo-inaugural-vulcan-rocket-launch-slated-for-christmas-eve.html