A test article for the Vulcan rocket’s Centaur ... The steel walls of the Centaur upper stage’s pressure-stabilized propellant tanks are as thin as 0.02 inches, or half a millimeter, in ...

Vulcan Centaur was supposed to launch its first mission ... happened during the 15th test of a tank, as a result of a hydrogen leak. The leak, near the top of the hydrogen dome, continued for ...

“Centaur’s thin-walled pressure stabilized tanks require minor reinforcement at the top of the forward dome prior to flight. We plan to de-stack the Vulcan rocket and return the Centaur V to ...

Bruno said performing the final qualification tests for the Centaur V anomaly and modifying the flight version of the tank are the final two steps needed before Vulcan can launch. He said he was ...

“This very large [40-foot-long, 18-foot diameter] stage tank really is built ... Alabama facilities. The Centaur stage that would have been flown on Vulcan’s third flight is now getting ...

(The BE-4 powers Vulcan Centaur’s first stage). Hydrogen leaking from the tank ignited in a fireball, destroying the Vulcan’s upper stage and damaging the test stand. Bruno said the problem ...

A fix is being implemented that will delay the Vulcan's maiden flight to late ... point in the upper dome of the 18-foot-wide Centaur's hydrogen tank, along with a weaker-than-predicted laser ...

United Launch Alliance on May 11, 2023, rolled the Vulcan Centaur rocket to ... coarser analysis of the tank. In addition, the Centaur 5 uses a new laser welding technology, rather than arcwelding ...

United Launch Alliance's upcoming Vulcan Centaur rocket will have ... which led to a crack forming in Centaur's 18-foot diameter tank. That, coupled with a rise in pressure, resulted in an ...

The planned May launch of Vulcan Centaur, though, hit a snag after a ... “This very large [40-foot-long, 18-foot diameter] stage tank really is built from very, very thin stainless steel sheets ...

“The launch team configures the Vulcan Centaur for cryogenic loading and approximately one million pounds (454,000 kg) of methane, liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen into the rocket's tanks using ...

United Launch Alliance completed a six-second test fire of the two BE-4 engines of its new Vulcan Centaur rocket for the ... fit on the pad to filling its tanks with propellants and running ...