ULA Wins NSSL Certification For Vulcan Rocket

: United Launch Alliance Caption: Vulcan's second demonstration flight, known as Cert-2, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 4, 2024.

Vulcan's second demonstration flight, known as Cert-2, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 4, 2024.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
The U.S. Space Force has certified United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket to fly high-priority national security space missions, fulfilling the goal of a program nearly a decade in the making. The certification, announced March 26, followed completion and review of 180 discrete tasks, two...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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