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Delays in Certification of ULA Vulcan Centaur V Will Not Result in Loss of ULA Launches

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Delays in Certification of ULA Vulcan Centaur V Will Not Result in Loss of ULA Launches
Blue Origin delivered two BE-4 engines to ULA's Decatur, Ala. factory last year for use on ULA's Vulcan rocket. The BE-4, part of a U.S. effort to end reliance on Russian RD-180 engines, has 550,000 pounds of thrust, Blue Origin has said (Blue Origin Photo)

Delays in the test flight certification of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket's Centaur V upper stage will not result in any extra launches for SpaceX for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) said on Sept. 8. ULA is a partnership between Boeing [BA] and Lockheed Martin [LMT]. In June, SSC assigned 12 NSSL missions to SpaceX and ULA–six for each provider–under the fiscal 2023 NSSL Phase 2…

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