Rocket Report: Single-core Delta IV is no more, fully automated Soyuz

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Welcome to Edition 2.12 of the Rocket Report! This week's report might as well be brought to you by United Launch Alliance-but never fear, dear readers, no one influences the report-because there is a lot going on with the Colorado-based company. This week, ULA flew its final single-stick Delta IV rocket, and the company is in the midst of transitioning to its new Vulcan-Centaur booster.

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Air Force seeks bids for small, medium payloads. The US Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's Launch Enterprise is requesting industry bids for the Orbital Services Program-4, intended to launch payloads of 180kg or larger into orbit. The Air Force will procure about 20 missions over the next nine years, SpaceNews reports. Bids are due August 29.

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