Several new highly anticipated launch vehicles are expected to debut in 2023 and 2024, including the SpaceX’s superheavy Starship, designed to carry larger loads; the Vulcan Centaur, from United Launch Alliance, which is designed to carry satellites into orbit; and Blue Origin’s New Glenn
Grader A: partial
Grader B: partial
agrees with A, without seeing its verdict
Audit: confirmed
in the fixed audit sample (D11)
Published: partial
Grader A: partial
Starship first integrated flight 20 Apr 2023 (before publication but inside the stated 2023-2024 window); Vulcan Centaur maiden flight 8 Jan 2024; New Glenn first flight NG-1 on 16 Jan 2025, 16 days after the window. Two of three in the window, the third in the year after -> partial under D30.
Test: Event (D30): all three first flights by 31 Dec 2024; partial if some within the window or all in full in 2025.
Grader B: partial
Starship first integrated flight 20 Apr 2023 and Vulcan maiden flight 8 Jan 2024 were inside the window; New Glenn first launched 16 Jan 2025, in the year after. Two of three in the window and the third in full the year after -> partial.
Test: D30 event: all three named vehicles flew for the first time by end-2024 (hit); some by end-2024 or all by end-2025 (partial).