NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Certification Flight 2

Launch Time
NET September, 2024
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Rocket

Vulcan VC2S
Image Credit: NSF
ULA
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 8,952 kN
Payload to LEO: 19,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,400 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 61.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 15.5 m

Mission Details

Certification Flight 2

Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload.

Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA