New Vulcan Centaur rocket may test-fire its engines on the launch pad for 1st time on May 25

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The test could happen as soon as Thursday (March 25).

ULA previously completed a successful tanking test on the company's new Vulcan on May 12, filling the rocket with over a million pounds of fuel during the test. ULA engineers then evaluated the fueling test results against Vulcan's design expectations. that the tests were"good," but that teams would be making some parameter adjustments ahead of Vulcan's first static fire.

A ULA Vulcan Centaur undergoing a tanking test at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 12, 2023. The rocket's main booster BE-4 engines use liquified natural gas and liquid oxygen for fuel, and will be able to produce over half a million pounds of thrust at liftoff. Vulcan's Centaur V second stage RL10 engines are powered using liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

 

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