This is a list of launches made by the Vulcan Centaur rocket, first launched January 8, 2024.
Peregrine Mission One, or the Peregrine Lunar Lander, was a lunar lander built by Astrobotic Technology, selected as a part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS). It was launched successfully on the maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur on January 8, 2024 at 2:18 am EST [1]byUnited Launch Alliance (ULA) aboard a Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle on its maiden flight. The lander carried multiple payloads, with a total payload mass capacity of 90 kg.[2] However, following a fuel leak with the spacecraft, unrelated to the launch vehicle, the lander failed in its attempt. The launch vehicle however made a very successful introduction into service following the launch.
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| Flight No. | Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Payload mass | Orbit | Customer | Launch outcome |
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| 1 | 8 January 2024, 07:18 |
Vulcan Centaur VC2S | CCSFS, SLC-41 | Peregrine lander / Enterprise (space burial) | 1283 kg | TLI (Peregrine) / Heliocentric (Enterprise) | Astrobotic Technology / Celestis | Success[3] |
| Maiden flight of Vulcan Centaur. Also known as Certification-1. Also included a payload from Celestis, demonstrating engine restart capability of the Centaur upper stage delivering multiple payloads to different orbits. The Peregrine payload failed in transit to the Moon, precluding a landing attempt, due to reasons unrelated to the launch vehicle.[4] | ||||||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
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| Early September[5] | Vulcan Centaur VC4L[6] | CCSFS, SLC-41 | SNC Demo-1 (Dream Chaser Tenacity.1) | LEO (ISS) | NASA (CRS) |
| First flight of Dream Chaser, may fly a mass simulator due to delays from the payload.[7] | |||||
| Q3 2024[8] | Vulcan Centaur[6] | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USSF-106 / NTS-3[9] | GEO | U.S. Space Force |
| First National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission for Vulcan Centaur.[10] | |||||
| 2024[11] | Vulcan Centaur VC4 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USSF-87 | TBA | U.S. Space Force |
| Classified payload. | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
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| 2025[12] | Vulcan Centaur VC2[13] | CCSFS, SLC-41 | GPS-III SV07 | MEO | U.S. Space Force |
| First GPS mission for Vulcan Centaur. | |||||
| 2025[12] | Vulcan Centaur VC4 | CCSFS, SLC-41 | USSF-112 | TBA | U.S. Space Force |
| Classified payload. | |||||
| 2025[12][14] | Vulcan Centaur | CCSFS, SLC-41 | WGS-11 | GEO | U.S. Space Force |
| Military communications satellite. | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur VC2[13] | CCSFS, SLC-41 | GPS-III SV08 | MEO | U.S. Space Force |
| Eighth GPS Block III navigation satellite. | |||||
| 2025[16] | Vulcan Centaur VC2[13] | CCSFS, SLC-41 | GPS-III SV09 | MEO | U.S. Space Force |
| Ninth GPS Block III navigation satellite. | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur | CCSFS, SLC-41 | NROL-64 | TBA | NRO |
| First NRO launch on Vulcan | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur | VSFB, SLC-3E | NROL-83 | TBA | NRO |
| Classified NRO payload. First Vulcan Centaur launch from Vandenberg | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur | VSFB, SLC-3E | SDA T1TR-B | LEO | SDA |
| Tranche 1 Tracking Layer B missile tracking satellites. | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur | VSFB, SLC-3E | SDA T1TR-D | LEO | SDA |
| Tranche 1 Tracking Layer D missile tracking satellites. | |||||
| 2025[15] | Vulcan Centaur | VSFB, SLC-3E | USSF-114 | TBA | U.S. Space Force |
| Classified payload. | |||||
| Date / time (UTC) | Rocket, configuration |
Launch site | Payload | Orbit | Customer |
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| NLT 2027[17][16] | Vulcan Centaur | CCSFS, SLC-41[18] | DRACO Demo (USSF-25) | LEO | U.S. Space Force |
| Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) is a DARPA program to demonstrate a working nuclear thermal rocket in space. | |||||
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