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RL10 Engine to Power Vulcan Centaur Upper Stages

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Tom Patton
Apr 20, 2022
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently awarded the largest RL10 engine contract ever to Aerojet Rocketdyne to deliver 116 RL10C-X engines for its Vulcan Centaur rocket. The new engines will support ULA as it works to fulfill its commitments under a contract they recently received from Amazon to support the launch of its Kuiper satellite constellation.

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