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Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The USSF-51 mission was scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2022, and the USSF-106 mission was scheduled for launch in the third quarter of 2022.

In addition, the company is for sale.

Hmm

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Rocket development always takes longer than expected. The clock is ticking though, and ULA needs to ramp up Vulcan launches soon, or else they will lose more market share to SpaceX and smaller startups. Do you think they'll be able to ramp fast enough?