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United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, provides launch services for U.S. government and commercial customers.
ACTIVEULA is a 50-50 joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, formed in December 2006, that provides launch services for U.S. national security, NASA and commercial missions.
ULA is a 50-50 joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, formed in December 2006, that provides launch services for U.S. national security, NASA and commercial missions.
Rank 18 of 93 ranked companies
6 of 8 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Reported revenue
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice. Full disclaimer
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Parent, Legal name
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No private round on record. Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
President and Chief Executive Officer, United Launch Alliance
From Executive Moves (recorded since Aug 2026).
Retiring launch vehicle: production ended in 2024 and its last satellite mission flew in July 2026 (110th launch); the remaining vehicles are reserved for Boeing Starliner crew flights.
Next-generation launch vehicle replacing Atlas V and Delta IV Heavy.
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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1 dated public commitment by United Launch Alliance, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 8 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from.
Space federal awards
104 awards, $25.5B obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Feb 28, 2006 to May 22, 2026; most from DoD (99 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award May 22, 2026
Latest space award
$713K from DoD
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 3 LANE 2
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded May 22, 2026
Launches flown as provider
11 since Nov 18, 2024
none failed. Latest: Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-08)
Our launch record starts Nov 18, 2024; earlier launches are not counted here. Every kind of launch in the feed counts, crewed, lunar and station missions included.
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
Latest launch Jul 2, 2026
Next launch
Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01)
Date to be determined; 72 more on the manifest, 71 of them dated only to a month, quarter or year
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
No earlier than Oct 29, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
0 in orbit of 1 launched
Latest: Vulcan CERT-2 Payload
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes ULAB, ULAD, ULAL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Oct 4, 2024
Satellites built
1 payload launched, 0 in orbit
Latest: Vulcan CERT-2 Payload
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes ULAB, ULAD, ULAL. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Oct 4, 2024
Department of Defense
99 space awards, $25.0B obligated
USAspending.gov award record, May 22, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
5 space awards, $482.9M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 27, 2026
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). United Launch Alliance: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/united-launch-alliance
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "United Launch Alliance: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/united-launch-alliance.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{United Launch Alliance}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/united-launch-alliance}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/united-launch-alliance},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}