ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
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联合发射联盟宣布计划于11月13日恢复火神火箭飞行，此前2月固体助推器喷管故障影响了其2026年发射安排。本次任务将为亚马逊Leo宽带星座发射40颗卫星，是亚马逊预订的38次火神发射中的首次，从佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角太空军基地发射，日期尚待靶场批准。该火箭前四次任务中有两次出现助推器喷管故障，虽均完成使命，但美国太空军对其信心下降。此次复飞对联合发射联盟至关
United Launch Alliance announced Wednesday it plans to return its Vulcan rocket to service on November 13, nine months after a solid rocket booster anomaly threw the company's 2026 launch schedule into oblivion.
The return-to-flight mission will launch 40 satellites for the Amazon Leo broadband constellation, the first of 38 Vulcan flights Amazon has booked to deploy the bulk of its network. The mission will lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, and ULA said the launch date is pending range approval.
The launch is critical for ULA after its new flagship rocket suffered nozzle failures on its solid rocket boosters on two of its first four missions, most recently during a flight in February. In both cases, the rocket overcame the nozzle failure and completed its mission, but officials at the US Space Force, ULA's primary customer, lost confidence in Vulcan.
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