Living definition
What is ULA Vulcan Centaur?
Space Launch & Satellites Energy, Climate, Space & Materials
- As of
- 2026-08-20
- Revision
- 2026-08-17.1
- Method
- v1.3.0
Definition
The term, in context
AI-assisted draft · approved dataset
ULA's Vulcan Centaur is a two-stage orbital rocket that pairs a new first stage burning liquid methane and liquid oxygen with a Centaur upper stage, built to succeed United Launch Alliance's older Atlas V and Delta IV rockets for both commercial and national security satellite launches.
Live readiness status
Status as of the current dateline
AI-assisted assembly · derived results
As of 2026-08-20, verified readiness is 54 (claimed 70, reported 62, gap 16) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Proceed with caution.
The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for ULA Vulcan Centaur.
Dataset approval
Human editorial release
pragma.vision editorial — standing authorization (operator dev@soft.house, 2026-07-17)
- Dataset
- 2026-08-17.1
- Hash
- sha256:0c37108a182f510fc8cf4d1dfc3a30339f2b59e62654201edea2f530a268707e
- Approved
- 2026-08-17