Dokładna data startu nie jest znana.
Jest ona uzależniona od wyników badania anomalii, która pojawiła się podczas wcześniejszego startu RN Vulcan-VC4S.
https://www.forum.kosmonauta.net/index.php?topic=6819.msg204188#msg204188Przyspieszenie startów jest związane z uruchomieniem drugiej mobilnej platformy startowej (VLP-A) i VIF-A (Vertical Integration Facility), które są dedykowane dla startów z satelitami Amazon Leo.
Ma zostać wyniesionych 40 satelitów.
The other heavy-lift rockets on our manifest, Blue Origin’s New Glenn and United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, will fly our largest Leo payloads. Initial missions on New Glenn will accommodate 48 satellites in the rocket’s 7-meter-wide fairing, and initial missions on Vulcan Centaur will accommodate 40 satellites. As with Ariane 64, both vehicles have enough space to accommodate additional satellites, and we expect our payload sizes to increase over time as Blue Origin and ULA improve vehicle performance.
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/amazon-leo/amazon-leo-plans-double-launch-rate-20-missionsPierwszy booster RN Vulcan jest w pozycji pionowej w nowym VIF-A (Vertical Integration Facility) dedykowanym Amazon leo.
Umożliwi to testowanie nowatorskich technologii oraz weryfikację systemów obsługujących konstelację Amazon na LEO.
ULA @ulalaunch 6:00 PM · May 14, 2026
A new chapter begins. The first Vulcan booster is vertical in the new Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-A) dedicated to
@Amazonleo. This milestone enables testing of first use technologies and validates systems supporting Amazon’s LEO constellation.
Here’s a short video of yesterday’s milestone!
https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/2054958800730239464Amazon Leo @Amazonleo 6:18 PM · May 14, 2026
The first Vulcan booster is vertical inside Amazon’s dedicated Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-A) at SLC-41 as prep continues for Leo Vulcan 1 (LV-01), the first of 38 Leo missions on Vulcan Centaur.
Leo satellites are already stacked for LV-01 and future Vulcan launches, and this step will allow @ULAlaunch teams to validate the systems, hardware, and procedures needed to support a sustained, high-cadence launch rate for Leo Vulcan missions.
https://x.com/Amazonleo/status/2054959519000576212Lukas C. H. @GewoonLukas_ 2:22 PM · May 14, 2026
ULA says they are beginning to stack the next Vulcan while the SRB investigation continues. This will be Amazon Leo LV-01, which will be the 1st with 6 SRB's & LEO Centaur V. Stacking will allow teams to perform tests & a WDR to be ready once the investigation ends.
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https://x.com/GewoonLukas_/status/2054900174380487132ULA confirms successful solid rocket booster test as Vulcan anomaly investigation continuesMay 14, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith
Return to flightWhile the timing of a return to flight mission for Vulcan is still be assessed, during his remarks to Spaceflight Now, Wentz said that the customer for the return to flight mission would more than likely be Amazon.On Wednesday, ULA hoisted the first Vulcan booster inside its newly finished Vertical Integration Facility – Amazon (VIF-A) near Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Its introduction gives the company two physical lanes with which it can stack its Vulcan rockets in the future.
ULA can now stack either an Atlas 5 rocket or a Vulcan rocket in the original VIF, called VIF-G (Government), while a Vulcan rocket uses the new VIF-A.
“This marks the first operational hardware to be stacked for testing in advance of future launch operations,” a ULA spokesperson said. “This milestone gives the team the opportunity to test first use technology and hardware supporting launch processing as we gear up for a wet dress rehearsal, the next step in preparing for future Amazon Leo launch operations. We will share the date of the WDR in the future.”
Amazon Leo purchased 38 Vulcan rockets to fly its broadband internet satellites into orbit. That’s in addition to the nine Atlas 5 rockets it bought, seven of which have already been used.“Satellites are already stacked for LV-01 and subsequent Leo Vulcan missions on the manifest, and this integrated test configuration will help ULA teams validate the procedures, interfaces, and ground systems needed to support a sustained, high-cadence launch campaign for Leo,” Amazon Leo said in a post on social media.
Amazon Leo’s next flight is scheduled to be the Leo Atlas 07 (LA-07) mission, which is scheduled for no earlier than May 22. The final batch of Leo satellites to fly on an Atlas V rocket will launch later this year on the LA-08 mission. The launch date of that mission should be announced shortly after the flight of LA-07. (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/05/14/ula-confirms-successful-solid-rocket-booster-test-as-vulcan-anomaly-investigation-continues/Amazon Leo @Amazonleo 9:59 PM · Jan 20, 2026
Progress toward another inaugural heavy-lift launch, as @ulalaunch preps an all-new launch platform (VLP-A) and integration facility (VIF-A) dedicated to Leo missions on Vulcan.
Payload for LV-01 is fully stacked ahead of launch, and processing is already underway for LV-02.
https://twitter.com/Amazonleo/status/2013717959529689486
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