Vulcan

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United Launch Alliance (ULA)

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Description

Vulcan

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
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Diameter
5.4 m
Fairing Diameter
5.4 m
Launch Mass
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Thrust
―

Family

Name
Vulcan
Family
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Variant
Vulcan
Alias
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Full Name
Vulcan

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
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Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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United Launch Alliance

Commercial

CEO: Tory Bruno

ULA 2006

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

Upcoming Spaceflights

Vulcan | USSF-23

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown

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Vulcan | USSF-43

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown

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Vulcan | WGS-11

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Last mission of the Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) series.

Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit

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Vulcan | USSF-16

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown

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Vulcan | USSF-112

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force

Unknown

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Vulcan | USSF-87

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

USSF-87 will launch two identical Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites GSSAP-7 and GSSAP-8 directly to a near-geosynchronous orbit approximately 36,000 km above the equator. Data from the GSSAP will uniquely contribute to timely and accurate orbital predictions, further enabling space flight safety including satellite collision avoidance.

Geostationary Orbit

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Vulcan | NROL-64

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Unknown

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Vulcan | NROL-83

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office

Unknown

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Vulcan | GPS III SV09

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Ninth of ten GPS III missions.

Medium Earth Orbit

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Vulcan | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Vulcan | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified mission launched by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for Tranche 1 Tracking Layer.

Polar Orbit

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Vulcan | USSF-114

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

Classified payload for the US Space Force.

Unknown

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Vulcan | USSF-57

United Launch Alliance | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025

Status: To Be Determined

Mission:

First of three Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared geostationary satellites designed for missile warning.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

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Flight Record

No spaceflights found for .

Recent Launches

Falcon 9

Success

3 days, 1 hour ago

Starlink Group 17-3

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Falcon 9

Success

5 days, 22 hours ago

Project Kuiper (KF-01)

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

First of a three launches contract for Amazon's Kuiper low Earth orbit satellite internet constellation, with 24 satellites on board.

Falcon 9

Success

6 days, 3 hours ago

Starlink Group 15-2

Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 26 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Long March 7

Success

1 week ago

Tianzhou-9

201 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.

Falcon 9

Success

1 week, 2 days ago

Dror-1

Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Note: SpaceX identifies the mission as "Commercial GTO 1". Dror-1 is a geostationary communication satellite built and developed by Israel Aerospa…