Tag: Vulcan rocket

ULA Vulcan Launches of USSF-87 Space Surveillance Satellite for US Space Force Despite Rocket Anomaly: Photos

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – After several weather-related delays and for only the fourth time the ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket finally took flight on Thursday, Feb. 12 on a national security mission for the US Space Force from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida – despite one of the first stage solid rocket

ULA Vulcan Rocket Starts New Era with 1st National Security Space Launch

United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket carrying the classified USSF-106 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This 3rd only Vulcan mission marks the first National Security Space Launch aboard the next-generation Vulcan rocket. “National security begins