ULA’s Vulcan returns to flight with 40 Amazon internet satellites

[Amazon Project Kuiper To Launch First Production Satellites Into Orbit] United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket lifted off Sunday after a nine-month hiatus, carrying 40 satellites for Amazon’s (AMZN [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AMZN]) Leo broadband network. The mission departed Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 12:40 p.m. local time, marking a return for a rocket whose limited flight history has been interrupted by technical problems. The launch was Vulcan’s fifth since its January 2024 debut and its first since a solid rocket booster malfunction in February. ULA, owned jointly by Boeing (BA [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/BA]) and Lockheed Martin (LMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LMT]), has struggled to establish a regular launch schedule.