#ULA's Tory Bruno : "Possible issue with a GN2 purge line that cannot be resolved inside the count. We will need to stand down for today. We’ll sort it and be back."
At the end of March, #Starlink consisted of more than 7100 satellites . Over five million people worldwide use the system. #Amazon launched two test satellites into space in
2023. The plan was to launch the first regular satellites into space in the first half of
2024. #ULA is set to complete up to five more #satellite transports for the company this year https://www.heise.de/en/news/Amazon-launches-first-Kuiper-satellites-into-space-10366771.html
#Amazon said it had established communications with all of the satellites, and the sequence of turning them on was “proceeding as planned.” The #FCC’s approval of the constellation came with a requirement that at least half the #satellites needed to be deployed by
July 30, 2026. Industry analysts say the company could get an extension if it has demonstrated substantial progress by then https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/science/amazon-kuiper-launch-ula.html
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches Amazon's First Operational Satellites #technews24h #ULA #amazon #science #satellites https://www.technews24h.com/2025/04/united-launch-alliance-successfully.html
After a nearly three-week delay, #Amazon and United Launch Alliance are getting their second chance to launch the first full-scale satellites for Amazon's #ProjectKuiper broadband internet network, which would compete with the #SpaceX #Starlink network. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/amazon-ula-satellites-project-kuiper-2/ #Space #ULA #Tech
Launch prices for #NASA missions soared after the late 2000s, following the creation of #ULA through a merger of the #Atlas and #Delta rocket programs developed by #LockheedMartin and #Boeing. The merger eliminated
#competition for most of NASA's launch contracts until #SpaceX's #Falcon9 became available https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/04/reusable-rockets-are-here-so-why-is-nasa-paying-more-to-launch-stuff-to-space
#ULA : "Weather is observed and forecast NO GO for liftoff within the remaining launch window at Cape Canaveral". No new date has been scheduled https://www.cnet.com/science/space/amazon-scrubs-wednesday-rocket-launch-for-its-starlink-satellite-service-rival
#kleptocracy & #corruption on full display:
Exclusive: #SpaceX, #ULA to clinch multibillion-dollar #Pentagon launch contract
#ElonMusk's SpaceX & United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a #US #SpaceForce rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars over the next several years to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive #satellites into #space, acc/to 2 people familiar w/the procurement decision.
#law #Trump #broligarchy #plutocracy #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-ula-expected-clinch-multibillion-dollar-contract-key-pentagon-launch-2025-04-04/
#Amazon is under time pressure . The license issued by the US regulatory authorities for the operation of #satellite internet in 2020 requires half of the satellite network to be completed by
July 2026. The rest must be in orbit by July 2029
. More than 30 additional launches are planned with other companies, such as #Arianespace and #BlueOrigin. Even the competitor #SpaceX is helping out https://www.heise.de/en/news/Amazon-launches-the-first-internet-satellites-for-Project-Kuiper-next-week-10338214.html
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Dialing in our new rocket: Inside the SRB investigation
The loss of a solid rocket motor nozzle on the second flight of #ULA’s #Vulcan Centaur last October was caused by a manufacturing defect that has been corrected. The #AirForce had concluded ULA “has performed unsatisfactorily”. That report also said the Air Force was assessing if it was feasible to reassign launches awarded to ULA to an “alternate provider,” which would be #SpaceX. https://spacenews.com/manufacturing-defect-blamed-for-vulcan-solid-rocket-motor-anomaly
@ProPublica There have to be many, many parties who are damaged by #elonmusk 's blatant conflicts of interest.
Is there any sign that #SpaceX 's corporate competitors are attempting to hold them accountable?
#boeing, #ula, #blueorigin and others ... are they not responding to this and the #nasa contract : https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/leaked-filing-shows-musk-still-getting-new-contracts-while-his-team-cancels-other-contracts/ar-AA1yRgzi
Italy-Saudi interest in boosting strategic ties says Meloni – TopNews https://www.byteseu.com/689393/ #all #Arabia #as #be #can #country #do #GiorgiaMeloni #IT #Italy #key #reporters #room #SaudiArabia #SaudiCrownPrinceMohammed #soma #Ula #Work
Number of employees
• #SpaceX 13,000 https://www.forbes.com/companies/spacex
• #BlueOrigin 11,000 https://www.forbes.com/companies/blue-origin
• #SierraNevada 4,000 https://www.forbes.com/companies/sierra-nevada
• #ULA 2,700 https://www.ulalaunch.com/about