ULA Vulcan Rocket to Launch First National Security Mission

ULA Vulcan rocket to launch first national security mission

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is gearing up to carry a classified national security payload into space Tuesday night for the United States Space Force.

New Rocket, New PNT Satellite: Space Force Ready for Launch

The Space Force hopes to soon celebrate a pair of major milestones with a single mission: its first launch with the new Vulcan Centaur rocket, and the first launch of an experimental navigation satellite in nearly 50 years.  USSF-106 is set to launch the evening of Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. In an Aug. 11 media roundtable, Space Force and industry officials touted the mission as a momentous two-step for the service.  …

L-2 Update: ULA Vulcan USSF-106 mission progresses towards Tuesday launch  – SatNews

Launch Vehicle on Stand: Vulcan USSF-106United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists its Vulcan booster into the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket will carry the USSF-106 mission, Vulcan’s first national security launch for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Photo credit: United Launch Alliance Everything continues to progress towards the …