TECHNOLOGY · VERIFIED DEVELOPMENT
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Rocket Nears Launch, Nuri Rocket Notches Another Success
WHY IT MATTERS
The success of the Nuri rocket and the upcoming launch of the Vulcan rocket are significant developments in the space industry, potentially marking a breakthrough in cadence for Vulcan next year.
What happened
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket is close to launching, with a no-earlier-than launch date of October 29 for an Amazon Leo flight.
Meanwhile, South Korea's Nuri rocket successfully deployed five satellites for its first domestically launched microsatellite constellation.
The Nuri rocket's fifth flight also released nine of its 10 CubeSat secondary payloads as planned, except for PERSAT-02 developed by South Korean startup Quaternion.
PRIMARY SOURCES
Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan's time to shine?
Ars Technica · Eric Berger · Discovery only; Condé Nast copyright terms apply
CORRECTIONS & UPDATES
- Revision 1 · Initial ingestion · Oct 9, 2026, 1:00 PM
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