Vulcan Centaur
Vulcan Centaur is the modular expendable launch-vehicle family developed and operated by United Launch Alliance. A methane-fueled core with two BE-4 engines is paired with the Centaur V upper stage and zero to six GEM 63XL solid boosters; configurations serve low Earth orbit, geostationary, lunar, escape, and national-security missions.
Identity
- Aliases
- Vulcan CentaurULA VulcanVulcan launch system
- Family Name
- Vulcan
- Full Name
- Vulcan Centaur
- Reusability
- expendable
- Status
- active
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Vulcan Centaur is the modular expendable launch-vehicle family developed and operated by United Launch Alliance. A methane-fueled core with two BE-4 engines is paired with the Centaur V upper stage and zero to six GEM 63XL solid boosters; configurations serve low Earth orbit, geostationary, lunar, escape, and national-security missions.
- Diameter M
- 5.4
- Engines
- Count
- 2
- Name
- BE-4
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 2
- Name
- RL10C-1-1A
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 2,024
- Height M
- 61.6
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Gto
- 14,500
- Leo
- 27,200
- Stages Count
- 2
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.ulalaunch.com/rockets/vulcan-centaur
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 15:30:27 UTC
- Image
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- Updated Time
- July 19, 2026 at 13:39:33 UTC