Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
in Florida. Cert-1 is more exciting and ambitious than your standard test flight: It will send Peregrine, a robotic lunar lander built by Pittsburgh company Astrobotic, on its first-ever mission toThe new ULA rocket's upper stage features two RL10s, which are hydrogen-burning engines manufactured by Aerojet Rocketdyne. Vulcan Centaur can also be equipped with solid rocket boosters to increase its thrust at liftoff — two, four, or six SRBs, depending on a mission's requirements.
The most powerful configuration — the one with six SRBs — can deliver 60,000 pounds of payload to low Earth orbit , according to ULA'sPowerful Delta IV Heavy rocket launches US spy satellite on final flight from California Cert-1 was supposed to be in the books by now. ULA had aimed to launch the mission in May, but that plan was scrapped when a, which had already aced a preflight engine firing at Cape Canaveral. The company shipped the Centaur upper stage back to its Alabama factory to reinforce vehicle's tanks in certain areas.
Originally, Cert-1 was also supposed to launch the first two test satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet constellation. But the delay led Amazon to put those two spacecraft on an Atlas V instead, which delivered them to orbit All appears to be good now with Cert-1, however, for ULA is gearing up for a launch that's less than two months away.to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at:Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat.
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