Here's how to watch ULA's second Vulcan-Centaur rocket launch on October 4th

October 4 LIVE Broadcast: Vulcan Cert-2 – YouTube

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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) will launch the second test flight of its Vulcan Centaur rocket on Friday morning (October 4), and you can watch the action live online.

Vulcan Centaur’s second mission, called a test flight Certificate-2is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) in Florida Cape Canaveral space station during a three-hour window that opens at 6 a.m. EDT (1000 GMT). You can watch the launch live here on Space.com, courtesy of ULA, or directly through the company.

Cert-2 is the second flight of Volcanic centaur after the Cert-1 in January that Astrobotic’s sent Peregrine Falcon Put lunar lander into Earth orbit. Cert-2 is a demonstration mission required to certify the rocket for future use US Space Force.

Vulcan centaur was rolled out to SLC-41 on Monday (September 30). The rocket had a successful “wet dress rehearsal” on Tuesday (October 1), during which the company conducted a refueling test and a practice countdown.

ULA intends to launch two Space Forces Missions named USSF-106 and USSF-87 with Vulcan Centaur by the end of the year. A successful Cert-2 launch will be a major step toward this goal, although post-flight data reviews will be required to officially certify the rocket.

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The Cert-2 test flight will carry an inert “mass simulator” and instruments that will allow ULA to assess the rocket’s upper stage. The mission was originally intended to fly Sierra Space’s robot dream chaser spaceplane, but the spaceship wasn’t ready yet just in time for the start.

ULA will provide mission updates on this Blog from launch control starting at 12 midnight EDT (0400 GMT). The start Webcast begins at 5:40 a.m. EDT (0940 UTC). You can also follow launch activities online here at Space.com – be sure to check back for updates on the mission.

Here’s how to watch ULA’s second Vulcan-Centaur rocket launch on October 4th

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