Engineering:List of Vulcan launches (2020–2029)

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United Launch Alliance is developing the Vulcan rocket, intended to replace both the Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy at some point in the 2020s.

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Launch statistics

Rocket configurations

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Launch sites

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Launch outcomes

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Future launches

2022

Date and time, UTC Rocket,
configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
2022[1] VC2S CCAFS SLC-41 Peregrine Selenocentric Astrobotic Technology
Maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur.
2022[2][3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC Demo-1 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)
First flight of Dream Chaser
2022[3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC-2 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)

2023

Date and time, UTC Rocket,
configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
Q2 2023[4] VC4X CCAFS SLC-41 USSF-112 TBA US Space Force
First National Security Space Launch on Vulcan Centaur. Primary payload is classified.
Mid 2023[5][6] Vulcan Centaur CCAFS SLC-41 USSF-106 / NTS-3 GEO US Space Force
Primary payload is classified. Aft secondary payload is the third Navigation Technology Satellite.[7]
Q3 2023[4] VC4X CCAFS SLC-41 USSF-87 TBA US Space Force
Primary payload is classified.
2023[3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC-3 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)

2024

Date and time, UTC Rocket,
configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
2024[3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC-4 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)

2025

Date and time, UTC Rocket,
configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
2025[3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC-5 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)

2026

Date and time, UTC Rocket,
configuration
Launch site Payload Orbit Customer
2026[3] VC4L CCAFS SLC-41 SNC-6 LEO (ISS) NASA (CRS)


See also

References

  1. Irene Klotz [@Free_Space]. "Debut launch of @ulalaunch Vulcan slipping to 2022 as customer @astrobotic needs more time to prep Peregrine lunar lander. "Covid presented a lot of problems for the entire space supply chain," CEO John Thornton tells @aviationweek "We're just doing the best we can."". https://twitter.com/Free_Space/status/1405701313040732161.  Missing or empty |date= (help)
  2. Foust, Jeff (18 November 2020). "First Dream Chaser mission slips to 2022". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/first-dream-chaser-mission-slips-to-2022/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Krebs, Gunter (23 May 2020). "Dream Chaser Cargo" (in en-US). Gunter's Space Page. https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/dreamchaser-cargo.htm. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Clark, Stephen (10 March 2021). "ULA, SpaceX split military launch contract awards". Spaceflight Now. https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/10/ula-spacex-split-military-launch-contract-awards/. 
  5. Erwin, Sandra (20 May 2021). "With ULA's new rocket Vulcan behind schedule, Space Force agrees to let Atlas 5 fill in". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/with-ulas-new-rocket-vulcan-behind-schedule-space-force-agrees-to-let-atlas-5-fill-in/. 
  6. Erwin, Sandra (28 April 2021). "Air Force NTS-3 navigation satellite to launch in 2023". SpaceNews. https://spacenews.com/air-force-nts-3-navigation-satellite-to-launch-in-2023/. 
  7. Erwin, Sandra (15 September 2020). "Air Force Research Laboratory's NTS-3 satellite to launch on ULA's Vulcan". https://spacenews.com/air-force-research-laboratorys-nts-3-satellite-scheduled-to-launch-on-ulas-vulcan/.