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Watch ULA test-fire new Vulcan Centaur rocket on the launch pad today
United Launch Alliance plans to conduct a crucial test-firing of its next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket today (June 7), and you can watch it live.
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United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket just took a big step toward its debut launch.
The Vulcan Centaur aced a crucial engine test tonight (June 7), firing up its two first-stage engines on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for the first time ever.
The brief test, called a flight readiness firing (FRF), took place at 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 GMT on June 8).
"The engine start sequence began at T-4.88 seconds, the engines throttled up to the target level for two seconds and then powered down. The entire FRF lasted for six seconds," ULA wrote in an update tonight.
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