United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, under contract for dozens of flights for the US military and Amazon's Kuiper broadband network, lifted off from Florida on its second test flight Friday, suffered an anomaly with one of its strap-on boosters, and still achieved a successful mission, the company said in a statement.

Despite an apparent problem with one of two strap-on boosters, the Vulcan reached orbit and otherwise performed as expected.

ULA's heavy-lift rocket is poised to make a big impact in the industry, but tomorrow's second launch will need to go well for that to happen.

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United Launch Alliance achieved a major milestone by successfully launching its next-generation Vulcan rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

United Launch Alliance is set to send its second Vulcan rocket into space Friday, weather permitting, though the details of the certification mission are largely under wraps.

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United Launch Alliance is footing the bill for the second ever launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket, so it can finally see the payouts for the backlog of $3.1 billion worth of national security missions,

The second flight of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket, planned for Friday morning, has a primary goal of validating the launcher's reliability for delivering critical US military satellites to orbit.