{"id":12385,"date":"2022-04-06T12:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T12:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/06\/ula-expects-amazon-deal-to-drive-down-space-forces-vulcan-launch-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:52:07","slug":"ula-expects-amazon-deal-to-drive-down-space-forces-vulcan-launch-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/04\/06\/ula-expects-amazon-deal-to-drive-down-space-forces-vulcan-launch-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"ULA expects Amazon deal to drive down Space Force\u2019s Vulcan launch costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2014 A newly announced contract between United Launch Alliance and Amazon could have implications for the next phase of the Space Force\u2019s National Security Space Launch competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ULA announced this week its Vulcan rocket has been selected to fly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulalaunch.com\/about\/news\/2022\/04\/05\/amazon-signs-contract-with-united-launch-alliance-for-38-project-kuiper-launches-on-vulcan-centaur\" target=\"_blank\">38 launches for Amazon\u2019s Project Kuiper<\/a> \u2014 a constellation of 3,236 satellites aimed at expanding broadband access in underserved regions. Those 38 missions are on top of nine Atlas V rockets Amazon has already ordered from ULA. Arianespace and Blue Origin will also launch a portion of the missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ULA CEO Tory Bruno told reporters Tuesday the deal will translate to lower prices for future government launches and will drive infrastructure investments that will have benefits across its portfolio, which is now split 50-50 between government and commercial customers. He wouldn\u2019t offer details on the price reduction other than to say the impact would be significant and in the \u201cdouble digits\u201d percentage wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are economies of scale once we are up to that full Amazon rate,\u201d he said. \u201cIt would be available for the next round of competition for the government.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bruno noted that even if \u201cagainst all odds\u201d Amazon\u2019s Kuiper plans fall through, the additional capacity ULA is developing will likely be needed by the government as it integrates more proliferated low Earth orbit constellations into its architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis country is going to need a much higher industrial capacity, as we go forward over the next decade,\u201d he said. \u201cMy assessment was that, well, if Amazon goes away, in the near term, I\u2019ll be over capacity. But in just a few years, the government would catch up to that. And I would be able to use that capacity for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ULA is one of two launch companies providing launch services under Phase 2 of the Space Force\u2019s National Security Space Launch program. The company in August 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2020\/08\/07\/spacex-and-ula-win-massive-national-security-launch-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\">won 60% of launches in a five-year manifest<\/a>; SpaceX received the remaining 40%. Ordering for Phase 2 missions \u2014 which will fly between 2022 and 2027 \u2014 runs through the end of 2024. The service plans to launch another competition to select providers for the third phase and expects to begin awarding those missions in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service in late January <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/opp\/5940ca12af0147dd873c546cb9eac594\/view\" target=\"_blank\">issued a request for information<\/a> for NSSL Phase 3, conducting early outreach to companies that might compete and asking for details on their launch systems. The market research notice also asked companies for ideas on how to cut integration timelines from two years to one and incorporate new acquisition approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, ULA\u2019s Vulcan rocket is in the final stages of development and is slated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/03\/us-air-force-not-concerned-about-russias-decision-to-halt-rocket-engine-sales-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">first flight later this year <\/a>\u2014 about a year later than previously projected due in part to delays from Blue Origin, which makes the rocket\u2019s BE-4. Bruno said today ULA expects to have the first two BE-4s on hand by \u201cmid-year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re feeling really good about where we are with wrapping up development and getting onto the launch pad,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vulcan is slated to carry its first government mission in late 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/space\/2022\/03\/28\/space-force-wants-40-budget-increase-as-it-looks-to-bolster-space-based-missile-warning\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Space Force\u2019s 2023 budget request<\/a> includes funding for six launches \u2014 three for the Space Force and three for the Space Development Agency, which is building proliferated, small satellite constellations in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked today how ULA and its rockets that are sized<b> <\/b>to carry larger satellites might compete with other providers for those SDA launches, Bruno said he thinks the company is in a good position \u2014 particularly if the task is to launch a large number of spacecraft at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen you\u2019re doing a one-demo, two-demo here and there, you probably want a smaller launcher to lift up your one tiny little satellite,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when you want to launch a whole constellation of small spacecraft, you must economically put that on a heavy launch vehicle. . . . 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