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2 years and counting down, matching the timeline for a ~2020 first flight of Vulcan-Centaur 5.
Delta IV Medium's last flight is in November, and Delta IV Heavy's due to be replaced around 2023.
Vulcan-Centaur 5 is expected to use a 5.4 meter lower stage, 4 Blue Origin BE-4 LNG-fuelled engines and a Centaur 5 (5.4 meter diameter) upper stage. Blue Origins's own New Glenn launcher will use a 7 meter core and 7 BE-4's.
With Vulcan, New Glenn and SpaceX's 9 meter diameter BFR, a new era of super-heavy launchers is set to begin.
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Delta IV Medium's last flight is in November, and Delta IV Heavy's due to be replaced around 2023.
Vulcan-Centaur 5 is expected to use a 5.4 meter lower stage, 4 Blue Origin BE-4 LNG-fuelled engines and a Centaur 5 (5.4 meter diameter) upper stage. Blue Origins's own New Glenn launcher will use a 7 meter core and 7 BE-4's.
With Vulcan, New Glenn and SpaceX's 9 meter diameter BFR, a new era of super-heavy launchers is set to begin.
SpaceFlight Insider....
With end of Atlas V planned, ULA assumes responsibility for marketing and sales of Atlas V
Colorado-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to move from its Atlas V and Delta IV rocket lines and toward the new Vulcan launch system. With some estimates only giving two years left on the rockets launch manifest the company has announced on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 that it had assumed responsibility for the marketing and sales of Atlas V rocket.
ULA will now assume these activities from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services who formerly operated the 191 foot (58.3 meter) tall rocket that has been estimated at costing some $109 million (as of 2016) per flight.
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Colorado-based United Launch Alliance (ULA) is preparing to move from its Atlas V and Delta IV rocket lines and toward the new Vulcan launch system. With some estimates only giving two years left on the rockets launch manifest the company has announced on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018 that it had assumed responsibility for the marketing and sales of Atlas V rocket.
ULA will now assume these activities from Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services who formerly operated the 191 foot (58.3 meter) tall rocket that has been estimated at costing some $109 million (as of 2016) per flight.
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