United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched its heavy-lift rocket on Friday at 7:25 a.m.

ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Other than that, the flight was nominal.

ULA’s heavy-launch vehicle lifted off for its second certification test flight on October 4.

ULA’s heavy-launch vehicle lifted off for its second certification test flight on October 4.Image: ULA

The rockets first test flight in Januarylaunched Astrobotics Peregrine lander to the Moon.

Since there were no paying customers on Cert-2, ULA absorbed the full cost of the launch.

That certainly would not be the outcome ULA was hoping for.

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur on the launch pad.

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Photo: ULA

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