https://spacewatch.global/tag/ula/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:11:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/ula/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/spacex-ula-and-blue-origin-win-ussf-rocket-launch-contracts/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64741 SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA), and Blue Origin have each won U.S. Space Force (USSF) rocket launch contracts worth a combined $13.5 billion. The contracts revolve around the National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 launch service procurement and will see the space companies and will run till April 2033. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/ssc-awards-contracts-to-blue-origin-spacex-and-ula/ Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55668 The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 1 contracts to Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ULA. The base Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) award includes Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Task Orders to each awardee to conduct an initial capabilities assessment and provide explanations of how they will approach tailored mission assurance.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/starliner-now-targeting-may-21-launch-after-helium-leak/ Thu, 16 May 2024 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55213 Boeing has announced another postponement of its Starliner mission until at least May 21 as it addresses a small helium leak in the Starliner spacecraft itself. NASA and Boeing had earlier postponed the mission's launch to May 17 following a data review which saw United Launch Alliance (ULA) decide to replace a pressure regulation valve on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/nasa-targets-may-17-as-new-launch-date-for-boeing-flight-test/ Thu, 09 May 2024 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55113 NASA has announced the postponement of Boeing's first crewed space flight, following a data review which saw United Launch Alliance (ULA) decide to replace a pressure regulation valve on the Atlas V rocket’s Centaur upper stage. The Flight Test will now aim to launch no earlier than 6:16 p.m. EDT Friday, May 17, to the International Space Station. Boeing is aiming to become the second private firm to provide crew transport to and from the ISS after SpaceX became the first in 2020. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/ssc-and-ula-successfully-launch-nrol-70-to-orbit/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54584 The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) and its mission partners have successfully launched and delivered on orbit a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) payload, NROL-70, onboard United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s final Delta IV Heavy rocket. The launch happened from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), on the central coast of Florida.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/vulcan-1-successfully-launches-peregrine-lunar-lander/ Mon, 08 Jan 2024 07:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53102 Astrobotic has launched its Peregrine Lunar Lander aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s inaugural Vulcan-1 rocket from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41. The Peregrine Lander mission represents the US's first soft landing on the lunar surface since the Apollo missions. Likewise, for ULA, the launch serves as the launcher's first certification mission first of two certification launches that the Vulcan rocket has to complete before it can be put under consideration for national security space missions. Other than Astrobotic's lander, Vulcan also launched Celestis Memorial Spaceflight's deep space Voyager mission, the Enterprise Flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/10/ula-targets-christmas-eve-for-vulcan-rocket-launch/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 06:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=51940 United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, plans to launch the inaugural flight of its Vulcan rocket on Christmas Eve, reports CNBC. Tory Bruno, CEO of ULA, spoke at the CNBC Technology Executive Council Summit where he shared that the target window will run from the 24th to 26th of December. Currently, ULA is working to build and qualify the upper stage of the rocket which is expected to be completed in November. If the December window is missed the launch will be moved to January. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/amazon-to-build-facility-in-florida-for-kuiper-satellites/ Mon, 24 Jul 2023 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50178 Amazon has announced it will invest $120 million to build a satellite processing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as the company prepares to launch the first satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network. The facility is the latest long-term investment in Project Kuiper, a low Earth orbit satellite network that will provide fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/07/spacewatchgl-opinion-financial-time-investing-in-space-summit-2023-special-ten-things-that-will-happen-in-space-2030/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:55:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49806 On the 5th and 6th of June 2023, the Financial Time’s held its second Investing In Space conference. Similarly to last year, it was held in a hybrid form. The first day online, the second day live from London. Titled “Balancing Optimism with Realism”, the two-day summit hosted a selection of investors, innovators, government, and end-users for analyses of the opportunities of space. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/ula-selects-may-4-for-vulcan-launch/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46847 United Launch Alliance (ULA) has set May 4 for the maiden launch of its Vulcan rocket. The flight will launch Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine spacecraft to land on the Moon as well as two other payloads.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/04/amazon-contracts-three-companies-for-83-launches-to-deploy-project-kuiper/ Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:00:16 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=40261 Amazon announced it signed launch service contracts with three commercial launch companies, ArianeSpace, Blue Origin and ULA (United Launch Alliance) for 83 launches altogether over a five year period.  Arianespace will perform 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon’s Project Kuiper over a period of three years under the contract.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/spacex-wins-102-million-air-force-contract-for-point-to-point-transportation/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38738 The U.S. Air Force awarded a US $102M, five-year contract to SpaceX to demonstrate technologies and capabilities to transport military cargo and humanitarian aid on a heavy rocket, the U.S. Government announced. The contract is part of the rocket cargo program led by the Air Force Research Laboratory (ARFL).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/07/boeings-starliner-ready-for-test-flight-on-atlas-v/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 06:00:43 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=34556&preview=true&preview_id=34556 NASA has cleared Boeing’s Starliner astronaut ferry ship for its next orbital uncrewed test flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has been put atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, the U.S. agency said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/nasa-awards-tipping-point-funds-for-moon-and-mars-technologies/ Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27395&preview=true&preview_id=27395 NASA supports 14 U.S. space tech companies with more than $370 million to support the development of cutting-edge Moon and Mars mission technologies.]]>