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Vulcan Centaur • Certification Flight 2

October 10, 2024, at 7:25 a.m. EDT

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur launches from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex 41. Vulcan flew in the VC2S configuration with two Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters and two Blue Origin BE-4 methane engines.

Vulcan carried ballast and a collection of experiments and technology demonstrations. This mission named Cert-2 is crucial to gain certification from the United States Space Force to carry national security payloads.

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