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UNITED LAUNCH Alliance took out its first launch in Volcan Senthor for this year on Tuesday evening, the first of which is the space force.
The company’s new work missile was raised on the USSF-106 mission from the space launch complex at the Cape Capeeral space station 41 at 8:56 pm under a clear sky except for the fiery tendency that lit up on the space coast about 10 minutes ago.
Qaqa Al -Maktar stopped the car warnings at a distance as ULA opened the national security account of Volcan, which made its third launch at all after the flying of two certificates trips in 2024.
The net load is two satellites, including satellite navigation technology-3 tends to the orbit of gesustula. Built by L3ARRIS, it can be a possible replacement technology for GPS (GPS). The other satellite is classified.
The task was granted to Ula in 2020 and was originally targeting by 2022, but the delay in the development of Volcan pushed its first launch operations to 2024, both of which were required before the space force witnessed flying.
Vulcan has 26 additional requests for the national security mission to travel already under the contract, as more in the next few years will be granted. Many of them are behind the schedule, though, due to the delays of the missile development.
But although it will come after three years, its appearance does not indicate an important landmark for the launch of national security.
“The beautiful historical point in the history of our program. We formally finish our dependence on the main Russian engines with this launch,” said Colonel Jim Horn III, Director of the Mission and Senior Grandmating Leader in Command Space Systems in Force.
The Ula’s Vulcan, which includes two BE-4 motors built by Origin Blue Origin in the United States, is a replacement for ATLAS V and recently retired Delta IV missiles. These missiles were engines provided by Russia. Congressive requirements were approved earlier in this contract to the Ministry of Defense to stop using any Russian rocket engines in their duties.
Spacex, PaceX, has provided the other basic launch in DOD, to make their engines in the United States, as well as the blue origin, which has received future launch contracts.
“We continue to maintain our guaranteed access to space with at least two companies from the two independent missile service companies that we can benefit from to obtain our capabilities in orbit,” Horne said.
Ula and Spacex divided the last round of the national security tasks granted between 2020-2024 to be transferred between 2022-2028, which is worth about $ 8.5 billion.
The two companies have the largest part of the five-year-old pieces of task orders, which are worth at least $ 13.7 billion covering 84 expected tasks as it is removed from 2025-2029 to launch until 2032. The blue origin will also be from the mix when the New Glen paradox is adopted.
For space power, Horn said it was good to return to tasks.
“It is clear that we have a accumulation of the missions in which we work,” he said. “We really want to focus on this, but you know that I will say that we are ready and believers to start as quickly as we can work through this accumulation.”
ULA has its next task for Space Force, USF-87, which was granted in 2021 and was planned to launch 2023, as the next national security mission, which could be among the six missiles ULA Airlines before the end of the year.
But the first step is to get USF-106 from Earth.
“These will be the most powerful Volcan so far,” said Gary Wintz, Vice President of its governmental and commercial programs.
The first two testimonies used two solid missile reinforcements to increase the power of its engines 4. This launch will include four, so its missile power will get more than 2.9 million pounds of heading to take off.
“I am really looking to see her wipe the painting,” he said. “This task is directly directed to the simultaneous geographical orbit and it will be one of the longest tasks so far. If you are following the history of Volcan, this is the only purpose of this car. It has been intentionally designed to support these missions that do direct injection of space power.”
A more powerful version of Volcan contains up to six solid missile reinforcements that can be given more than 3.8 million pounds of payment, and that will be the version used when Volcan fly the first trade trip for the Amazon Quiber project.
The launch will be the National Security trip 101 through the previous trip that was transferred to Ula’s Uptable of Atlas and Delta Rockets since the formation of the company in 2006 as a partnership between Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
“We are proud to hand over the majority of critical satellites in our country to the orbit and we look forward to continuing this ability,” Witz said.
“Volcan integrates the best atlas and delta heritage, and has created a single launch car for ULA to support the full spectrum of the needs required by the national security security agent.”
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