In this week's episode of Space Minds, Tony Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, sits down with host Mike Gruss.

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ULA’s Vulcan is scheduled to launch 11 national security missions in 2025, compared to seven for SpaceX

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Two missions—USSF-106 and USSF-87—are currently waiting in the wings, with payloads ready but no confirmed launch dates

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The loss of a solid rocket booster nozzle on the second flight of the Vulcan Centaur had very little effect on the launch itself, but the impact of the incident on the vehicle’s certification by the Space Force remains uncertain.

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United Launch Alliance’s second Vulcan Centaur lifted off Oct. 4 on a test flight needed to certify the vehicle for carrying national security payloads, but may have suffered a problem with one of its solid rocket boosters.

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United Launch Alliance is ready for a second test flight of its Vulcan Centaur rocket as it gears up for a sharp increase in launch activity next year.

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Brig. Gen. Panzenhagen: Following Vulcan’s Cert-2 mission, “We will need some time to make sure that everything was clean”

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Companies that are fielding new launch vehicles are now facing the challenge of scaling up operations to meet the continued high demand for them.

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The increase is due to a surge in demand for launches under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 program

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The rocket lifted off July 30 at 6:45 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. 

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USSF-51 will be the last national security launch for the Atlas 5 as ULA prepares to complete Vulcan’s certification for Space Force missions

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United Launch Alliance will fly an inert payload and instrumentation on its second Vulcan Centaur mission after concluding that Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser would not be ready in time for a launch this fall.

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The first launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur is likely to be delayed to early January to give the company time to complete a full dress rehearsal.

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The Space Systems Command announced 21 launch missions have been assigned to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as part of the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 contract the companies won in 2020.

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Amazon plans to deploy its first pair of Project Kuiper prototypes this fall on an Atlas 5 from United Launch Alliance, the internet giant said Aug. 7 after switching rockets a second time to avoid mounting delays.

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Space Systems Command (SSC) and its U.S. Space Force mission partners successfully launched a classified payload into Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy […]

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Three U.S. government agencies are undertaking studies to examine the safety issues associated with a new generation of launch vehicles that use liquid oxygen and methane propellants.

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Even as the space industry complains of a shortage of launch capacity, SpaceX said it has room to increase an already surging pace of launches.

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A U.S. Space Force mission carrying a navigation satellite to geostationary Earth orbit has been confirmed as the first national security launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket.

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A United launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket soars upward after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Nov. 10, carrying the National […]

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A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 mission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration […]

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently honored 12 suppliers with 2022 Supplier of the Year Awards for their dedicated support across ULA’s product lines. Strategic supplier partnerships remain paramount as ULA […]

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United Launch Alliance launched a pair of satellites for SES Oct. 4 that are vital to the operator’s bid to claim nearly $4 billion in C-band clearing proceeds.

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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected payloads designed by K-12 students to launch aboard three intern-built sport rockets at this summer’s Student Rocket Launch on July 23 in Pueblo, Colorado. […]

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