The Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) was a proposed liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen upper-stage for use on a number of different launch vehicles produced by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance (ULA).

With this configuration and a modest scale-up of the NICMOS components, the ACES application provides reasonable margins on the heat loads: 10 W at the 22K load (47% margin), and 80 W at the 95K load (20% margin).

Apr 7, 2021 · WASHINGTON — When United Launch Alliance started to develop its new Vulcan rocket, it envisioned using a new upper stage called ACES, short for advanced cryogenic …

Step Two of the ULA roadmap involves development of the Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) that will dramatically reduce the cost of space access and significantly increase the performance capability of the single stick configuration beyond our most powerful launch vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, for about 1/3 the cost.

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is creating the next generation second stage, ACES, to create this highway to the stars. ULA will provide reliable, affordable, and timely transportation throughout the cislunar economy, enabling science, manufacturing and mining beyond Earth with ACES.

Sep 14, 2015 · However, ULA has plans to replace the venerable Centaur, whose heritage dates back to the 1960s, with a new, and more powerful, upper stage, called the Advanced Common Evolved Stage (ACES).

Nov 20, 2019 · ACES would have the ability to operate in space for weeks instead of hours, enabling transport between orbits and more missions beyond Earth, while also increasing how much Vulcan could lift.

A larger upper stage, the Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES) has been under evaluation and refinements since even before ULA was formed in 2006. Recently, ULA made the decision to start development of the Vulcan booster, with either …

(ULA) is developing a revolutionary new upper-stage called the Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage (ACES). ACES is a unique transportation system, delivering un. recedented maneuverability, power, and auxiliary payload capacity in space to a wide range of customers. Its game-changing tec.

Apr 16, 2015 · The ACES stage is scheduled to debut in 2023, a year before distributed lift, which is the fourth and final development step to bring the full potential of the Vulcan rocket system.