ULA’s rapid ramp up plans for Vulcan

2/24/2023 - Written By Caleb Henry

After nine years of development, ULA now has a launch date of May 4 for the first Vulcan mission. A lot of attention is focused on that debut, but equally tough will be ULA’s push to reach a twice monthly launch rate in less than two years. Per Quilty research, launch services providers have struggled to maintain a cadence of just three launches a year during their first five years. Granted, no new vehicle has had the impetus of launching dozens of times for a megaconstellation, but we still expect this will be an uphill climb for ULA.

SOURCE: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/after-vulcan-comes-online-ula-plans-to-dramatically-increase-launch-cadence/