United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Next Generation Launch System (NGLS)

 
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An aside--have any strap on boosters ever collided with each other after being cast off?
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Almost certainly, but who really cares if it's behind the core. One case that I vividly remember is when a strap on collided with a core on one of the Soyuz launches which resulted in the Soyuz escape system activating before the rocket exploded. I remember this because Nick Hauge was the astronaut. I worked a project with him in 2006 and flew with him at ED, before he was famous, lol. Three launches for two trips to the ISS.
 
@Forest Green indicated this was the right thread for the below video about the manufacture of large SRMs in the US:


Today on FRAME, we explore the production of space rockets. Join us to see the technology and craftsmanship used to manufacture powerful engines that make it possible for these extraordinary ships to travel to outer space.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1887938076103852527
View: https://twitter.com/spaceflightnow/status/1887938076103852527


New: @ulalaunch is de-stacking its Vulcan rocket and is now aiming to launch an Atlas V rocket as its first mission of 2025. This will be the Kuiper-1 mission, the first launch of production satellites for @amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation.

Read more: https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/02/...ons-kuiper-satellites-for-first-2025-mission/

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From ULA:

“The big thing with the [USSF-106] destack is it’s really demonstrating the flexibility that we’ll have going forward to be able to pivot from Atlas to Vulcan back and forth in Lane-G, the traditional government lane,”
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breakingdefense.com

ULA's Vulcan rocket certified for national security launches - Breaking Defense

With that thumbs up from Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Assured Access to Space program office in hand, ULA now is the second fully certified launch provider, along with SpaceX, cleared under the Space Force's National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program.
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www.airandspaceforces.com

Space Force Certifies New ULA Rocket for Launches

The Space Force has certified United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket for National Security Space Launch missions.
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GREAT SPACEX has put out a video a day ago where ULA revealed the cause of the nozzle-failure of one of the GEM63XLs (It was a manufacturing defect):


ULA Vulcan Recovery just revealed What Exactly Failed with Flight 2 Anomaly...
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00:00: Intro
00:49: Vulcan Cert-2’s problems
05:59: Challenges from ULA’s plans
08:55: NASA’s progress in SLS preparation
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#greatspacex #elonmusk #spacex #nasa #starship
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breakingdefense.com

Amazon launches first 27 operational Kuiper satellites to compete with Starlink - Breaking Defense

There are a lot of hopes within DoD and the Space Force for Project Kuiper's success, with officials seeing the constellation as offering diversity beyond Starlink in the supplier base for so-called proliferated LEO services.
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Watch live coverage of the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with the first 27 operational satellites for Amazon's Kuiper internet service on Monday, April 28, 2025. Liftoff is anticipated at 7 p.m. EDT (2300 UTC), which is the opening of a two-hour launch window.
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Amazon’s satellite internet constellation, called Project Kuiper, is designed to rival others, like SpaceX’s Starlink and Eutelsat's OneWeb.
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The mission features the most powerful Atlas 5 configuration, the 551, equipped with five solid rocket boosters from Northrop Grumman.
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Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately two hours prior to liftoff.
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