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United Launch Alliance

  • Amazon is launching the first 27 of more than 3,200 satellites that will power its Project Kuiper internet service next week aboard a ULA rocket
    Astronomy
    Amazon gears up to rival Starlink this year with a satellite launch
    Amazon is launching 27 satellites into Low Earth Orbit next week, kicking off its years-in-the-making plan to set up a massive constellation and deliver internet access anywhere on the globe – similar to SpaceX's Starlink service.
  • The plan is to place a Bigelow B330 inflatable habitat in lunar orbit by 2022
    Astronomy
    Bigelow and ULA plan orbital moonbase by 2022
    Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance have announced plans to launch a Bigelow B330 expandable module atop a ULA Vulcan launch vehicle with the aim of sending it into Low Lunar Orbit (LLO)​ and turning it into a lunar depot by the end of 2022.
  • The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is attached to the International Space Station
    Astronomy
    First expandable habitat installed on ISS
    The International Space Station got a bit bigger today as the first human-rated inflatable structure to fly in space​ – the experimental​ Bigelow Expandable Activity Module – was successfully attached to the Tranquility module over a four-hour period.