A Vulcan booster’s engines are test fired in this undated photo. Photo: ULA
In a Tweet ( or should we say “X”) posted on Thursday, United Launch Alliance announced that they are targeting December 24th for the first launch of their new Vulcan booster. The announcement comes after months of delays due to technical issues. The Vulcan booster will replace ULA’s retiring Atlas V and Delta IV boosters.
The Vulcan Centaur can deliver 60,000 pounds (27,200 kilograms) of payload to low Earth orbit (LEO). In its most powerful configuration, it has six solid rocket boosters. It will launch Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lunar lander for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program.
