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United Launch Alliance

Also Known As ULA
Launch and Space Transportation Companies

An American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a 50/50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, combining their Delta and Atlas rocket families. It now operates the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle as the Atlas V is phased out and the Delta family has been retired.

Facts
Agency Type
Private aerospace company (joint venture) 1
Founded Year
2006 1
Headquarters
Centennial, Colorado, United States 1
Head
John Elbon (interim CEO, following Tory Bruno's resignation in December 2025). 1
Annual Budget
US$1.3 billion in estimated revenue for 2022 (a private joint venture that does not publish official financials; figure is an outside estimate, not a government budget). 1
Capability
Orbital Launch 2
Connections

Operates

Atlas V, Spacecraft

Developed by Lockheed Martin; operated by United Launch Alliance, the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture, since 2006.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Wikipedia: United Launch AllianceArticle text
Delta IV, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Delta IV Heavy, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Vulcan Centaur, Launch Vehicles
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
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United Launch Alliance

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United Launch Alliance

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United States

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Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Agency Type: Private aerospace company (joint venture)
  • Founded Year: 2006
  • Headquarters: Centennial, Colorado, United States
  • Head: John Elbon (interim CEO, following Tory Bruno's resignation in December 2025).
  • Annual Budget: US$1.3 billion in estimated revenue for 2022 (a private joint venture that does not publish official financials; figure is an outside estimate, not a government budget).
2. Wikipedia: United Launch Alliance
  • Lead paragraph
    The company designs, assembles, sells and launches rockets
  • United Launch Alliance, lead section
    United Launch Alliance, LLC (ULA) is an American launch service provider formed in December 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space and Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
  • Infobox: founded
    December 1, 2006
  • Article text
    In 2016, Congress passed a law prohibiting the military from procuring launch services using the RD-180 after 2022.
  • Lead section
    The ULA board did not specify a reason for Bruno's resignation at the time, later revealed to be his move to competitor Blue Origin, and chief operating officer John Elbon was named interim CEO. == Products == When the joint venture was founded in 2006, ULA inherited the Atlas rocket family from Lockheed Martin and the Delta rocket family from Boeing.
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
  • Operates: Delta IV
  • Operates: Delta IV Heavy
  • Operates: Vulcan Centaur
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