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Cert 2 [ULA]
Cert 2 is the second certification flight of the Vulcan launch vehicle.
Due to unavailability of the orignally planned payload, the second cerification mission flew only with a mass simulator, which remained attached to the Centaur-5 upper stage. After reaching a parking orbit, the Centaur-5 was reignited to send the Cert-2 mission to an Earth escape trajectory and ended up in a solar orbit.
The Cert-2 mission did successfully reach the intended orbit despite of technical issues with one of the SRB of the launch vehicle.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Vehicle evaluation |
| Operator: | ULA |
| Contractors: | ULA |
| Equipment: | Mass simulator |
| Configuration: | Ballast on upper stage |
| Propulsion: | None in orbit |
| Power: | None in orbit |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | Solar orbit |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cert 2 | 2024-179A | 04.10.2024 | CC SLC-41 | Vulcan Centaur VC2S |
Launch Sites:
- CC = Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
