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ULA Vulcan Makes Successful Space Force Debut

Vulcan lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 9 p.m. EDT. The ...

After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket

In the near term, ULA will switch back to launching its soon-to-retire Atlas V rocket, the Vulcan rocket's predecessor. The ...

Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch

Visible across the Northeast, the bright, pill-shaped light was the exhaust plume from the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan ...
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New Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight

United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space.

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

The first two Vulcan test flights last year used a configuration of the rocket with two strap-on boosters to add an extra ...
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Space Force’s First Vulcan Launch Blends Power, Precision and Secrecy

This is a tough business. It takes a million things to go right, one thing to go wrong, said Col. Jim Horne, director of the ...