Racescort666 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 ULA's Press release: https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news-detail/2018/09/27/united-launch-alliance-building-rocket-of-the-future-with-industry-leading-strategic-partnerships Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightside Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 23 hours ago, MaverickSawyer said: It's official: Blue Origin has won the contract for the first stage engines of ULA's Vulcan launcher: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/09/27/blue-origin-lands-major-rocket-engine-deal-with-ula-source.html Did BO offer free 2-day delivery? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Nightside said: Did BO offer free 2-day delivery? Only if they signed up for BO Prime. Soon Amazon will be offering BE-4’s and surplus Merlin 1D’s... Edited September 28, 2018 by StrandedonEarth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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.50calBMG Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) On 10/9/2018 at 11:57 AM, tater said: I guess 9/10 is a fraction, or are they actually going to get the prices down to a comparable level with China and SpaceX? If memory serves, even the Atlas V 401 is a few times more expensive than the F9, even though it's less capable. Edited October 13, 2018 by .50calBMG Did not have my morning coffee, fixed a dumb or two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, .50calBMG said: I guess 9/10 is a fraction, or are they actually going to get the prices down to a comparable level with China and SpaceX? If memory serves, even the Atlas V 401 is a few times more expensive than the F9, even though it's less capable. If they want commercial customers, they have to deliver value, or they won't have any. That means competitive cost, or something the customers want that is worth any extra cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 70-80% weather today for the launch tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tater Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Wow, ULA's youtube channel is fubar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 YouTube is in fact fubar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 Back up. Live in a bit over an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Kerman Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Youtube is back up. Live launch blog is here in case of another outage: https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/atlas-v-aehf-4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 OOO! New stream layout/gui! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Steve Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 T-4 minutes, countdown resumed! Also, 250th flight of a centaur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Racescort666 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Dual Engine Centaur arrived at the cape: Full gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ulalaunch/sets/72157696741708550/with/31557912328/ I can't decide if I'm amazed at how small the Centaur is or how big it is compared to everyday things like a semi-truck. Like "huh, look how small it is, a regular truck can tow it down the road." or "It's the size of a semi-truck, that's huge." both at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1055192202534641665 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 So that means no Vulcan configs will beat DIVH until 2023? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tater Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: So that means no Vulcan configs will beat DIVH until 2023? No, but with 6 SRMs, regular Vulcan is pretty close (97% to LEO, 91% to GEO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insert_name Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 https://www.ulalaunch.com/about/news/2018/10/24/ula-awarded-delta-iv-heavy-hardware-contract-for-nro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racescort666 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 22 hours ago, Mad Rocket Scientist said: So that means no Vulcan configs will beat DIVH until 2023? There's also a chance that the 6 SRM Vulcan was designed around the payload history of the Delta IV-H rather than the theoretical performance of it. Most of the launches (past and planned) were (are) NRO missions and if it's within the margin with a significantly cheaper rocket, it would be would probably be a smart move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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