![]() įrom Decatur, RocketShip takes the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers downstream, south on the Mississippi River, and into the Gulf of Mexico, a trip of more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km). Shipping routes Ĭompleted rocket stages and other components are transported by truck approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Decatur manufacturing facility to the dock on the Tennessee River and driven directly onto the ship. On September 27, 2019, United Launch Alliance re-christened the vessel RocketShip in a ceremony at its factory in Decatur. For ULA, the ship has transported the Atlas V, Delta IV and Delta II rockets under the Delta Mariner livery. ULA is a 50/50 joint venture created out of the rocket manufacturing and launch service businesses of Boeing and Lockheed Martin for their Delta and Atlas V launch vehicles, respectively. Use of Delta Mariner was transferred to ULA after the company was created in 2006 to handle all United States military launch services. History ĭelta Mariner docked at Port Canaveral, Florida, 2008 Some cargos carried by RocketShip were formerly transported by an Antonov An-124 Ruslan from the manufacturer to the launch site. The ship is designed for shallow inland waterways as well as the open ocean and is capable of carrying up to three 160-foot-long (49 m) Delta IV Common Booster Cores. Her primary role is transporting components for the ULA Atlas V, Delta IV and Vulcan rockets from the manufacturer, located in Decatur, Alabama, to launch facilities at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. R/S RocketShip, formerly M/V Delta Mariner, is a cargo ship operated by Keystone Shipping Company for United Launch Alliance (ULA).
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