Space Launcher Shortages Are Poised To Persist

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A Vulcan rocket lifted off on U.S. national security mission USSF-87 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral.

Credit: United Launch Alliance
A raft of rocket setbacks amid booming demand is driving home an uncomfortable reality for launch providers’ commercial and military customers: The era of launcher scarcity may be in Washington to stay. A nozzle problem—for a second time—with United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan has prompted a halt...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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