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Report: ULA to layoff Vandenberg staff, potentially change name

A National Reconnaissance Office payload on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches from Space Launch Complex-3, March 1, 2017, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Photo & Caption Credit: Senior Airman Ian Dudley / U.S. Air Force

A recent report on Space News 360 noted that, according to an inside source, layoffs are imminent for United Launch Alliance (ULA). While news about a…

ULA to offer ‘RapidLaunch’ service

ULA announced a new “RapidLaunch” service to allow for an order-to-launch campaign of as little as three months. Photo Credit: Michael Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) announcedSept. 13, 2016, a new service that allows a customer to place a launch order and fly in as little as three months. According to a news release, the service, called RapidLaunch, will be the…