Time for the second launch of Vulcan!

| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2024-10-04 11:25 | |

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| | Scheduled for (local) | 2024-10-04 07:25 (EST) | | Launch site | SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. | | Launch provider | United Launch Alliance (ULA) | | Launch vehicle | Vulcan Centaur (VC2S configuration*) | | Mission success criteria | Successful launch and deployment of payloads into desired orbit |

VC2S configuration breakdown:

• V: Vulcan first stage
• C: Centaur V upper stage
• 2: Two GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters on the first stage
• S: Standard size fairing, 15.5 m in length

Livestreams

| Stream | Link | |

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| | ULA | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAUatH8O6Ng | | NASASpaceFlight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPztD5zwgYY | | Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec_4DHUylEg | | The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yTZpKycf-w | | Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lIdTeAs5As |

Stats

☑️ 2nd Vulcan mission of 2024

☑️ 2nd Vulcan mission overall

☑️ 5th ULA mission of 2024

☑️ 163rd ULA mission overall

Payload info

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.

| Target orbit | Heliocentric Orbit | |

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| | Payloads | 1 | | Total Mass | 1,500 kg |

Previous ULA launch: USSF-51

Next ULA launch: [TBD]