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Vulcan family

Vulcan VC2S

United States2024
Drawing of the Vulcan VC2S

Vulcan with two solid boosters. It flies Vulcan's two certification flights in 2024, the first carrying Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander and the second losing a booster nozzle yet still reaching its planned orbit.

Launches
2
Success rate
100%
0 failures
First flight
8 January 2024
Peregrine lunar lander (Maiden flight)
Last flight
4 October 2024
Certification Flight 2
Builder
ULA
Height
61.6 m
Diameter
5.4 m
Stages
2
Boosters
2 × GEM-63XL
Propellants
Solid, Methane / LOX, LH2 / LOX
Payload to LEO
19,000 kg
Payload to SSO
15,200 kg
Payload to GTO
8,400 kg

Launches per year

Vulcan VC2S
Other Vulcan rockets
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YearLaunchesVulcan VC2S
202422
202510
202610

Vulcan rockets

RocketFlownLaunchesSuccess rateHeightPayload to LEO
Vulcan VC2S20242100%61.6 m19,000 kg
Vulcan VC4S2025 to 20262100%62 m24,600 kg