ULA計劃升級火箭,挑戰SpaceX星艦!




為了與SpaceX的Starship競爭,ULA計劃升級其Vulcan火箭

奧蘭多(路透社) – 波音(NYSE:BA)和洛克希德·馬丁(NYSE:LMT)共同成立的火箭合資企業美國發射聯盟(ULA)計劃升級其Vulcan火箭,以挑戰SpaceX的Starship在低地球軌道衛星發射市場的地位,該公司的首席執行官表示。

ULA希望開發一款針對越來越有利可圖的低地球軌道(LEO)市場的Vulcan型號,這主要是因為SpaceX為其Starlink互聯網服務在該區域發射了數千顆衛星。

ULA首席執行官托里·布魯諾(Tory Bruno)在奧蘭多的一次軍事空間會議上告訴路透社:“我們最近完成了一項大型貿易研究,以了解我們需要具備哪些能力才能在未來的LEO市場中具有競爭力。”

“我們已經選擇了一種對Vulcan的修改,這使我們能夠向LEO發射更多質量,並使我們進入了競爭範圍。”

ULA的Vulcan火箭由傑夫·貝索斯的藍色起源公司提供的引擎驅動,今年已完成了兩次首次發射,主要設計用於滿足五角大樓在不同軌道的任務需求。

布魯諾表示,ULA為一款針對LEO優化的版本制定的選項中,包括一種“Vulcan Heavy”,即三個Vulcan核心推進器綁在一起。他還提到,還有“其他相當獨特的Vulcan配置,推進系統安裝在不尋常的位置”。

儘管SpaceX的Starship主要設計用於載人任務前往月球和火星,但該公司計劃利用其加速將大量Starlink衛星部署到低地球軌道。

這迫使SpaceX的競爭對手必須匹配Starship的能力,因為包括亞馬遜(NASDAQ:AMZN)在內的其他公司正在急於建立競爭性的衛星網絡,從而推動對大型發射器的需求。

布魯諾表示,ULA希望在馬斯克的Starship開始提供LEO衛星發射之前完成該變體的開發,他認為這可能需要幾年的時間。

“我們不會在那個特定市場上與他競爭一段時間,”布魯諾預測。

馬斯克曾表示,他希望大約將Starship的推力翻倍,並改進火箭快速返回著陸的能力,這表明SpaceX距離發射LEO Starlink衛星可能還需要幾個月到一年以上的時間。

ULA已經與亞馬遜預定了多個Vulcan任務,以將其Kuiper互聯網衛星送入太空,使這款火箭成為亞馬遜挑戰Starlink戰略的重要組成部分。亞馬遜還與其他火箭預定了發射,這是2022年創紀錄的多次發射協議的一部分。

SpaceX已經從其位於德克薩斯州南部的Starbase火箭基地發射了六次Starship測試飛行,展示了其涉及連續升級和逐步測試里程碑的戲劇性測試失敗理念,然後再鎖定商業級設計。其他公司,包括ULA,則不會在設計尚未最終確定之前發射新火箭。

ULA計劃明年進行八次Vulcan任務,並進行12次Atlas(NYSE:ATCO)V發射,這是Vulcan的前身,將逐步退役。

Vulcan的發射起始價格約為1.1億美元,略高於SpaceX的Falcon 9的基本價格,目前已經有大約70個任務的訂單,包括亞馬遜的任務,這增加了火箭規律發射的緊迫性。

ULA於2006年由波音和洛克希德的太空發射計劃合併成立,已經出售超過一年,吸引了來自西耶拉·內華達公司太空部門Sierra Space和貝索斯的藍色起源的興趣,路透社此前報導。

布魯諾對於收購談判未作評論。

這篇報道揭示了ULA在火箭市場中的競爭策略,特別是面對SpaceX這個強有力的對手。隨著低地球軌道市場的需求不斷增長,ULA的升級計劃不僅是技術上的追趕,更是商業上的策略布局。這也反映出,隨著太空產業的發展,傳統航空航天公司正面臨越來越大的挑戰,必須加快創新步伐,才能在這個快速變化的市場中生存和發展。

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