Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2

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Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2

Launch probability: 95%

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

Rocket: Vulcan VC2S · Provider: United Launch Alliance

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)