United Launch Alliance is running short on usable hardware this year, having to rely on its dwindling supply of Atlas V rockets while it continues an investigation into what went wrong on the last ...

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Components for the powerful heavy-lift rocket have already arrived at the Southern California launch site. The Vulcan rocket is designed to replace ULA's Atlas V and retired Delta IV rockets for ...

This USSF-87 mission is the ULA rocket's longest to date and carries its heaviest payload. The mission is meant to deploy a spacecraft to an orbit nearly 90 times higher than the International Space ...

United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission Thursday. The Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket carrying a suite of classified Space Force payloads suffered what appeared to be a burn through in the nozzle of a strap-on solid-fuel booster Thursday, but ...

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is preparing for its fourth launch from Cape Canaveral, and its second national security mission for the U.S. Space Force. The upcoming mission will be the ...

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is preparing for its fourth launch and second national security mission. The upcoming mission will carry the rocket's heaviest payload to date on its ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket launched the Space Force mission USSF-87 in February 2026. Credit: United Launch Alliance WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance plans to begin 2026 with a national ...

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