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United Launch Alliance's new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

ULA's Vulcan is replacing the company's workhorse Atlas 5 rocket and the already-retired Delta 4 family of launchers.

What is the Vulcan? United Launch Alliance ushers in 'new era in national space security'

The Vulcan, the United Launch Alliance's newer rocket, got off the ground from Florida on its first national security mission for US Space Force.

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

The first two Vulcan test flights last year used a configuration of the rocket with two strap-on boosters to add an extra ...
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Strange light seen in Philly sky Tuesday night likely caused by rocket launch

Theories suggest the display came from either the European Space Agency's Ariane 6 rocket or the United Launch Alliance's ...
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Articles about united launch alliance – Page 2 of 2 – GeekWire

United Launch Alliance (ULA) today named its new rocket “Vulcan,” and Vulcan Inc. — the investment arm of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen — doesn’t appear to… ...
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SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, fire off rockets from both coasts

A United Launch Alliance camera captures the initial moments of liftoff as the Delta 4 Heavy's three engines push the 1.6-million-pound rocket away from pad 37 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force ...
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United Launch Alliance, Astrobotic ready for early Monday liftoff to ...

United Launch Alliance ’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its early Monday morning launch, a mission that could end with ...

Perseid meteor, Vulcan rocket launch or UFO; white spiral in night sky over PA, Delaware

What was the mysterious white spiral flying in the night sky as stargazers looked up during the Perseid meteor shower peak ...