Boeing and Lockheed Martin's joint venture plans to upgrade a version of Vulcan to challenge SpaceX's Starship in the low Earth orbit satellite launch market.
joint rocket venture, United Launch Alliance , plans to upgrade a version of its Vulcan rocket to challenge SpaceX's Starship in the low Earth orbit satellite launch market, the company's CEO said.
"And we've selected a modification to Vulcan which gives us significantly more mass to LEO and puts us in a competitive range."Blue Origin, made its first two launches this year and is designed primarily to meet the demands of Pentagon missions into various orbits. ULA has several Vulcan missions booked with Amazon to deploy its Kuiper internet satellites into space, making the rocket an important part of Amazon's strategy to challenge Starlink. Amazon has also booked launches with other rockets as part of a record 2022 multi-launch agreement.
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