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ULA knocks out 1st launch of year with Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites

The launch was the first since ULA’s Cert-2 mission of the Vulcan rocket on Oct. 4, 2024. ULA had been hoping to get a quick certification of the Vulcan from the Space Force that would open up the door for national security missions. The certification process, though, stretched for months, only coming on March 26.



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ICBM test a work of human as well as technical coordination

In tight confines 60 feet underground, Air Force missileers rotate 24-hour shifts at ICBM missile launch control centers in pairs, waiting for a message they hope never arrives: An order from the president of the United States directing a nuclear strike.

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