United Launch Alliance instance of launch service provider
United Launch Alliance (ULA), legally United Launch Alliance, LLC, is an American spacecraft launch service provider that has manufactured and operated a number of rocket vehicles that are capable of launching spacecraft into orbits around Earth and to other bodies in the Solar System and beyond. The company, which is a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security, was formed in December 2006. Launch customers of the United Launch Alliance include the Department of Defense (DoD), NASA, and other organizations.ULA provides launch services using expendable launch systems Delta IV Heavy and Atlas V, and until 2018 the medium-lift Delta II. The Atlas, Delta IV Heavy and the retired Delta IV launch systems have launched payloads including weather, telecommunications, and national security satellites, scientific probes and orbiters. ULA also launches commercial satellites. ULA has announced the retirement of its two remaining launch vehicles, which will be replaced by Vulcan Centaur.
As of 2022, the company is developing the Vulcan Centaur, a successor to the Atlas V and Delta IV. The maiden flight is planned to take place in 2023, launching Astrobotic Technology's Peregrine lunar lander.
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