Name: ULA Launches the First Vulcan Centaur with the Peregrine Moon Lander
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United Launch Alliance is launching their first Vulcan Centaur rocket for it´s inaugural flight. The rocket will carry the Astrobotics Peregrine lunar lander, as part of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, and the Artemis program.

Vulcan's first stage is powered by BE-4 engines from Blue Origin, which also will be used on Blue Origin´s New Glenn Rocket. The engines run on methane and liquid oxygen. The second stage is a Centaur V engine, powered by two RL-10 engines. The configuration of this flight is referred to as "VC2S". VC2 indicates, that the rocket will feature two GEM-63XL solid rocket motors attached to it. The S indicates the usage of the standard 15.5-meter fairing.

Peregrine is an Astrobotics lunar lander, delivering 16 customers to the moon's surface and several NASA payloads. The total mass of the payload is 1,283 kg. As a secondary payload, the mission also flies the Celestis Enterprise Flight. It contains more than 150 flight capsules with cremated remains, DNA samples, and messages of greetings from clients worldwide, that will be sent on a journey into space.

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Mission: Vulcan's first certification launch with Astrobotic's Peregrine Lander and Celestis Memorial from Space Launch Complex 41, Florida.
Target orbit: Trans-Lunar Injection for Peregrine with a perigee of 490.09km, a characteristic energy of -2.01km2/s2, and an inclination of 30.03 degrees. Centaur will perform a final burn to heliocentric orbit.
Booster serial number: VC001
Rocket configuration: VC2S, Vulcan Centaur with 2 SRBs and a small 5m diameter fairing
Rocket trajectory: Straight east from the Cape
Stats:
· ULA's 158th launch overall and its 1st launch of the year.
· Vulcan's 1st launch, 1st launch in VC2S configuration.
· ULA's 75th launch from SLC-41, 1st Vulcan launch from SLC-41.
· 110th overall launch from SLC-41.

NSF forum link: https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=43448.0
NSF mission article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/01/vulcan-flight-one-preps/
ULA mission updates website: https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-cert-1
ULA's payload website: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/vulcan-cert-1-payloads-mounted-atop-rocket-for-launch

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United Launch Alliance is launching their first Vulcan Centaur rocket for it´s inaugural flight. The rocket will carry the Astrobotics Peregrine lunar lander, as part of the NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, and the Artemis program.

Vulcan's first stage is powered by BE-4 engines from Blue Origin, which also will be used on Blue Origin´s New Glenn Rocket. The engines run on methane and liquid oxygen. The second stage is a Centaur V engine, powered by two RL-10 engines. The configuration of this flight is referred to as "VC2S". VC2 indicates, that the rocket will feature two GEM-63XL solid rocket motors attached to it. The S indicates the usage of the standard 15.5-meter fairing.

Peregrine is an Astrobotics lunar lander, delivering 16 customers to the moon's surface and several NASA payloads. The total mass of the payload is 1,283 kg. As a secondary payload, the mission also flies the Celestis Enterprise Flight. It contains more than 150 flight capsules with cremated remains, DNA samples, and messages of greetings from clients worldwide, that will be sent on a journey into space.

Die Vulcan-Centaur-Rakete der United Launch Alliance (ULA) soll zum ersten Mal abheben.
Angetrieben von zwei BE-4-Triebwerke von Blue Origin (Raumfahrtunternehmen von Amazongründer Jeff Bezos).
Mit an Bord ist der private von Astrobotic gebaute Mondlander Peregrine. Seine Mondlandung ist für 23. Februar geplant.

Startzeit: 8:18 Uhr MEZ (Startfenster etwa 30 Minuten offen)
Startplatz: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station USA

Offizieller Livestream: https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-cert-1

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Peregrine is Astrobotic's lunar lander. Astrobotic was selected by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver up to 14 NASA payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, Astrobotic has now signed 16 customers for lunar delivery on its first mission in addition to the NASA payloads.
This will be the first American moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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