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

August 13, 2025

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

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventually will replace the company's Atlas 5 and already... [6369 chars]

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