ULA’s next launch is the USSF-12 mission for the U.S.

Producing more than one and a half million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the Atlas V configuration was modified specifically for the Starliner spacecraft. Thank you to all of our mission partners for the outstanding teamwork to deliver this spacecraft to orbit.” “This launch is a critical step towards future human spaceflight onboard Atlas V and we look forward to the remainder of this mission. “The integrated NASA, Boeing, and ULA team has worked diligently to ensure the highest level of safety for future astronaut crews,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs. Salvatore Tory Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance, outlines the changing space launch landscape, and how they are developing new vehicles. This marks the 93 rdsuccessful launch of an Atlas V rocket, and the 104 th launch from SLC-41.

To date ULA has launched 150 times with 100 percent mission success. Following separation from the Atlas V, the Starliner engines ignited to put the Starliner on its orbital path toward the ISS. The Atlas V rocket then delivered the Boeing Starliner spacecraft to a 98-nautical mile (nmi) sub-orbital trajectory. This is part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. EDT, from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station (ISS). United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Atlas V lifted off on May 19 at 6:54 p.m. “This launch is a critical step towards future human spaceflight onboard Atlas V and we look forward to the remainder of this mission.” Then SpaceX will launch USSF-67, also in Q4 2022. ULA will receive a contract for approximately 60% of those launch service orders using its next-generation Vulcan rocket while Musk’s SpaceX, using its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, will receive approximately 40%, the Air Force’s acquisition chief Will Roper told reporters on Friday.Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., (May 19) A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 6:54 p.m. Space Force mission 51, or 'USSF-51', and also 'USSF-106,' in Q2 2022 and Q4 2022, respectively. The contracts are for launch service orders beginning in 2022 and allocate $337 million to ULA, a joint venture between Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp, and $316 million to SpaceX for the first missions of roughly 34 total that the two rocket firms will support through 2027. Explore United Launch Alliance’s 3,183 photos on Flickr This site uses cookies to improve your experience and to help show content that is more relevant to your interests. Air Force said on Friday it awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Elon Musk’s SpaceX $653 million in combined military launch contracts under the Pentagon’s next-generation, multibillion-dollar launch capability program. REUTERS/Joe Skipper - RC2DZG96N2DL/File Photo FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken lifts off during NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., May 30, 2020.

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