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Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2

United Launch AllianceSpace Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

mission

Name
Certification Flight 2
Type
Test Flight
Target orbit
Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Weather probability
95% go

Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload. One of the GEM-63XL SRBs was observed to blown out its booster nozzle at T+37 seconds, causing reduced and asymmetric thrust during ascent, however the performance shortfall was fully compensated by Vulcan's other stages.

schedule

NET (no earlier than)
Window opens
Window closes
Last updated
Weather concerns
None

vehicle & provider

Rocket
Vulcan VC2S
Family
Vulcan
Variant
VC2S
Provider
United Launch Alliance
Type
Commercial
Country
USA

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launch site

Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Location
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Country
USA
Timezone
America/New_York