Here's a #wenhop update for #HLV #ULAVulcan by Tory Bruno
@torybruno who writes

“Looking good for a launch this year.“ #VulcanRocket

Tory Bruno @torybruno
Just left the Rocket Factory. Finishing up welding the reinforced Centaur V forward dome onto the rest of the completed CV tank. Looking good for a launch this year. #VulcanRocket

Amazon is getting ready to launch a lot of broadband satellites - Enlarge / Artist's illustration of Amazon's Kuiper satellite processing... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955951 #unitedlaunchalliance #kennedyspacecenter #vulcanrocket #broadband #florida #amazon #kuiper #space

Ars Technica: ULA shipping Vulcan upper stage back to factory for more work https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950667 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #unitedlaunchalliance #capecanaveral #vulcanrocket #Centaur #launch #Space

ULA shipping Vulcan upper stage back to factory for more work - Enlarge / The Centaur V upper stage for the first Vulcan test flight wa... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1950667 #unitedlaunchalliance #capecanaveral #vulcanrocket #centaur #launch #space

Vulcan aces engine test, but upper stage anomaly will delay launch for a while - Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket completes a "flight re... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947706 #vulcanrocket #science #space #ula

Ars Technica: Vulcan aces engine test, but upper stage anomaly will delay launch for a while https://arstechnica.com/?p=1947706 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #vulcanrocket #Science #Space #space #ula

RT @torybruno: OK. One more. Make sure you turn up the volume.. #VulcanRocket #CountdowntoVulcan

RT @ulalaunch: 🔥 Flight Readiness Firing 🔥 #VulcanRocket #CountdownToVulcan

And that's complete and now recycling. ULA: The ULA team completed a successful demonstration of the final seven minutes of the #VulcanRocket's countdown.

ULA: "We will be rolling the rocket back to the Vertical Integration Facility to gain access to the booster ignition system. The team will continue to review data and determine when #VulcanRocket can roll back to the pad to conduct the flight readiness firing."

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#ULA #Vulcan #FRF

United Launch Alliance’s first #VulcanRocket was filled with methane and liquid oxygen propellants at Cape Canaveral last week for a tanking test, but managers decided to move the rocket back inside a hangar for a few adjustments before proceeding with an engine test-firing: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/05/16/first-vulcan-rocket-rolls-back-to-hangar-for-adjustments-prior-to-test-firing/

United Launch Alliance’s first #VulcanRocket was filled with methane and liquid oxygen propellants at Cape Canaveral last week for a tanking test, but managers decided to move the rocket back inside a hangar for a few adjustments before proceeding with an engine test-firing: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/05/16/first-vulcan-rocket-rolls-back-to-hangar-for-adjustments-prior-to-test-firing/

United Launch Alliance’s first #VulcanRocket was filled with methane and liquid oxygen propellants at Cape Canaveral last week for a tanking test, but managers decided to move the rocket back inside a hangar for a few adjustments before proceeding with an engine test-firing: https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/05/16/first-vulcan-rocket-rolls-back-to-hangar-for-adjustments-prior-to-test-firing/

This is the area where the tank now sits.

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RT @torybruno
Found it! Ok, since you asked so nicely... here is a full duration @blueorigin #BE4 firing. #VulcanRocket #CountDownToVulcan. Enjoy... https://t.co/HZB2z33ted
https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1575231771913994240

RT @ulalaunch
🚀 We were so excited to welcome #ThinkerCon #STEM content creators yesterday for a behind-the-scenes tour of the rocket factory! Thank you for coming by! ✨ Check out this awesome picture of the group with #VulcanRocket ⬇️

RT @torybruno
Looks like vertical steel is happening at the Rocket Factory expansion in Decatur. #VulcanRocket

RT @ulalaunch
We ❤️ seeing classrooms participating in the Build Your Own #VulcanRocket #STEM activity! These were built by 3rd graders in FL!

Teachers:
🚀 Tag @ulalaunch or send photos to swag@ulalaunch.com by 4.24
🚀 Receive a swag pack for your class!

#ULALaunchingLearning #ULALovesSTEM https://twitter.com/ulalaunch/status/1638540113293504512

RT @torybruno
Now you see me, now you don’t… since you guys asked so nicely, here’s a #ToryTimelapse of the #VulcanRocket #Cert1 tanking test #CountdowntoVulcan

RT @torybruno
Now you see me, now you don’t… since you guys asked so nicely, here’s a #ToryTimelapse of the #VulcanRocket #Cert1 tanking test #CountdowntoVulcan

RT @ulalaunch
Completing the next phase of testing in preparation for the inaugural #VulcanRocket flight, the United Launch Alliance team accomplished tanking demonstrations in the #CountdowntoVulcan!

Learn more in our blog: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/vulcan-tanking-tests-performed-on-ulas-new-rocket