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Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2
United Launch Alliance · Vulcan VC2S · Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
United Launch Alliance's 164th launch · 5th this year · humanity's 6,772nd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: None
Window: Oct 4, 10:00 – Oct 4, 13:00 UTC
Flight preview
Certification Flight 2
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.
Test Flight · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- Oct. 4 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-2 — United Launch Alliance
Flight timeline
- T−4.9SIgnition
- T+1.1SLiftoff
- T+1M9.9SSupersonic
- T+1M16.1SMax-Q
- T+1M48.8SSRB Separation
- T+4M59.1SMECO
- T+5M5.1SStage 2 Separation
- T+5M15.1SSES-1
- T+5M23.1SFairing Separation
- T+15M55.7SSECO-1
- T+30M53.6SSES-2
- T+34M54.6SSECO-2
Updates
Launch success
SwGustav · 10/4/2024 · source
Liftoff
SwGustav · 10/4/2024 · source
New T-0
SwGustav · 10/4/2024 · source
HOLD
hitura-nobad · 10/4/2024 · source
New T-0 10:30 UTC
hitura-nobad · 10/4/2024
Weather is 95% GO. Launch on hold.
hitura-nobad · 10/4/2024 · source
Official Webcast by United Launch Alliance has started
LL2 · 10/4/2024 · source
Weather 80% GO
Nosu · 10/3/2024 · source
Weather 75% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/1/2024 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/17/2024 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 41
Local pad time: Oct 4, 7:25 AM EDT
125 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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