United Launch Alliance's next-generation launch vehicle, replacing the Atlas V and Delta IV with a new methane-fueled first stage powered by Blue Origin BE-4 engines. It carries U.S. national-security, NASA and commercial payloads, including the Peregrine and Blue Ghost lunar landers on its early flights.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 2 Manufacturer First Flight Date StatusOperational, ramping up flight cadence to take over ULA's national-security launch manifest. 2 Status
Status (category) Connections
Has Vehicle Class
Source Vulcan Centaur (Wikipedia)
Operated By
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
In the Other Atlases
Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
Sources
1. Vulcan Centaur (Wikipedia)
Infobox: status
Operational
In Group: Commercial American Launch Vehicles, Lead sentence
Vulcan Centaur is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed and operated by United Launch Alliance (ULA).
Has Vehicle Class: Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle, Infobox: function
Heavy-lift launch vehicle
View the Source2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
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