List of Vulcan launches (2020–2029)
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.
Launch statistics
Rocket configurations
Launch sites
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- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- Vandenberg SLC-3E
Launch outcomes
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2021
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- Failure
- Partial failure
- Success
- Scheduled
Future launches
2021 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2021[1] | VC2S | CCAFS SLC-41 | Commercial payload / Peregrine | TBA / Selenocentric | TBA / Astrobotic Technology |
| Maiden flight of the Vulcan rocket | |||||
2022 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| January 2022[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC Demo-1 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
| First flight of Dream Chaser | |||||
| February 2022[3] | Vulcan Centaur | TBA | USSF-51 | TBA | US Space Force |
| First launch for United Launch Alliance under National Security Space Launch. | |||||
| June 2022[4] | 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.[5] | |||||
| June 2022[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC-2 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
2023 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| 2023[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC-3 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
2024 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| 2024[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC-4 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
2025 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| 2025[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC-5 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
2026 | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, Configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
| 2026[2] | VC4L | CCAFS SLC-41 | SNC-6 | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
References
- "Vulcan on track as ULA eyes early-2021 test flight to the Moon". NASASpaceFlight.com. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Dream Chaser Cargo". 23 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- @TGMetsFan98 (7 August 2020). "The first three NSSL Phase 2 launches have also been awarded. ULA will launch USSF-51 in Q2 of FY2022 and USSF-106 in Q4 of FY2022. SpaceX will launch USSF-67 in Q4 of FY2022. No word on launch sites or launch vehicles for those missions" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- Erwin, Sandra. "Air Force Research Laboratory's NTS-3 satellite to launch on ULA's Vulcan". SpaceNews. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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