OTD In Space - October 2: 100th Liftoff For United Launch Alliance

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On Oct. 2, 2015, the United Launch Alliance launched its 100th rocket!

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a private spaceflight company that was born in 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. For its 100th mission, ULA launched a Mexican communication satellite named Morelos-3 on an Atlas V rocket. This wasn't just the 100th successful mission for ULA, but it was also the company's 100th attempt to launch a rocket. ULA hereby continued its 100 percent launch success rate.
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00:00 On this day in space.
00:03 In 2015, the United Launch Alliance launched its 100th rocket.
00:07 The United Launch Alliance, or ULA, is a private spaceflight company that was born in 2006 as a joint venture between Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
00:15 For its 100th mission, ULA launched a Mexican communications satellite named Morelos 3 on an Atlas V rocket.
00:21 This wasn't just the 100th successful mission for ULA, but it was also the company's 100th attempt to launch a rocket.
00:27 ULA hereby continued its 100% launch success rate.
00:31 And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:34 (Music)

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