ULA Vulcan to Launch USSF-106 National Security Mission Tuesday From Cape Canaveral, Florida

ULA Vulcan to launch USSF-106 national security mission Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida

The silver-and-red Vulcan — equipped with four side-mounted solid rocket boosters — will lift off Tuesday, Aug. 12, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

ULA’s Tory Bruno lays out plans for ramping up launch cadence – Spaceflight Now

United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the USSF-106 mission payload atop the Vulcan rocket in the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This will be Vulcan’s first national security mission for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC). Image: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is on the cusp of a significant milestone for its Vulcan rocket. The …

Bruno Optimistic about ULA Launch Cadence, Worried About Starship Operations in Florida

ULA President Tory Bruno is optimistic the company will reach its goal of two launches a month by the end of 2025. That’s later than planned and total launches for this year will be just nine, but liftoff of the first U.S. Space Force mission on ULA’s new Vulcan rocket next week will kick off a burst of activity that extends into 2026 and 2027. The growing number of launches from Florida’s Space Coast already is creating congestion and Bruno wor…

ULA Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch First Military Payload on August 12th

United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur orbital launch vehicle will undertake its first National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission next week, the rocket type’s third launch overall. The two stage vehicle is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Aug. 12, 2025 carrying the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology […] The post ULA Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch First Military Payload on August 12…