Space
Spaceplane Booted Off ULA’s Sept. Launch for Dummy Satellite
- ULA is racing to certify Vulcan rocket for Pentagon missions
- Rocket to carry dummy payload, not Dream Chaser spaceplane
The Vulcan rocket on the United Launch Alliance launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp.’s rocket venture will fly a dummy payload instead of Sierra Space’s tardy Dream Chaser plane during its key Vulcan rocket certification flight in September.
Sierra Space “have told us that they will step aside in order to support our critical national security space missions,” Tory Bruno, Chief Executive Officer of Boeing-Lockheed’s United Launch Alliance told reporters on Wednesday.