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ULA Orders Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 Engines to Support Amazon Kuiper Launch

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ULA Orders Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 Engines to Support Amazon Kuiper Launch
Hot-fire testing of a full-scale, additively manufactured thrust chamber assembly for the RL10 rocket engine at Aerojet Rocketdyne West Palm Beach, Florida facility. Photo: L3Harris Technologies

Aerojet Rocketdyne [ARJD] secured its largest-ever RL10 engine contract to deliver 116 engines for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket. Aerojet announced the deal on Monday, financial terms were not disclosed. The RL10C-X engines will support ULA’s launch contract from Amazon [AMZN] for the Kuiper constellation. Last week, Amazon announced contracts with ULA, Arianespace, and Blue Origin to provide a combined 83 launches for its Kuiper Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. This includes 38 launches on ULA’s Vulcan rocket. ULA is a joint venture…

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