ULA's Vulcan rocket inches closer to launch with dress rehearsal and Amazon partnership.
TL;DR
United Launch Alliance (ULA) plans to resume tanking tests and test fire the main engines of its Vulcan Centaur rocket as early as next week, despite an ongoing investigation into a Centaur upper-stage testing anomaly that occurred on March 29. ULA has not provided a new target launch date for Vulcan, but with success in the upcoming tests and a resolution of the Centaur V ground test anomaly, the company is projecting for a Vulcan Cert-1 launch this summer. The debut launch will carry Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation, and a payload for space memorial company Celestis.
Topics:sciencespace#astrobotic#rocket-testing#space#space-launch#united-launch-alliance#vulcan-centaur-rocket
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