United Launch Alliance's 1st Vulcan Centaur rocket arrives in Florida for debut flight Stack it up! ULA assembles 1st Vulcan Centaur rocket ahead of debut launch (photos) "Pending the data review and the investigation results, we will develop a plan for launch." "The team is reviewing the data from the systems involved in today's test and, in parallel, continue with the Centaur V test stand anomaly investigation," they added. "We are more than 98% complete with the Vulcan qualification program, with the remaining items associated with the final Centaur V testing," the company wrote in tonight's update. Vulcan Centaur has not lifted off yet, but ULA is working to change that, as today's test showed. The rocket will be capable of lifting up to 7.7 tons (7 metric tons) of payload to geostationary orbit high above Earth when it's up and running.
The vehicle can also accommodate up to six strap-on solid rocket boosters. Vulcan Centaur is powered by two of Blue Origin's BE-4 engines in its first stage and two RL-10 engines in its Centaur V upper stage. The 202-foot-tall (62 meters) Vulcan Centaur is ULA's rocket of the future, the replacement for the company's venerable Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles. The crucial engine test took place on June 7, 2023. ULA's first Vulcan Centaur rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its planned flight readiness firing.
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