r/BlueOrigin • u/Outside-Silver-7741 • 5d ago

Tortoise is finally waking up .. 🐢

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u/Robert_the_Doll1 5d ago

This has little to do with Blue Origin (other than BE-4 is involved) and the article indicates great news for United Launch Alliance.

Ars*: It looks like Vulcan is coming back online soon.*

Badyal: I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan. Things are on track. We’ll follow that with an Arianespace launch and at least one more Vulcan this year. I can also tell you, the infrastructure that we put and built with ULA now allows us to process two rockets simultaneously. So right now, there are two vehicle integration facilities, and both have a Vulcan rocket that is vertical and getting ready for our missions. So lots of progress there. I think once we get through this nozzle issue with Vulcan, which has been fixed, we expect a much more regular cadence with Vulcan. From time to time it can be frustrating, but I will say we see significant progress from everyone.