United Launch Alliance

Certification Flight 2

Vulcan VC2S

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, October 4, 2024 · 11:25 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

Probability

95%

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Vulcan VC2S

Variant: VC2S

Launch Pad

Space Launch Complex 41

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.583° N, 80.583° W

114

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164

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