Today 2025 July19 (Sat) 09:11 Etc/GMT-8

2025/07/25~2025/07/26

(NET) Vulcan VC4S • USSF-106

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket, designated V003, will launch the USSF-106 mission for the US Space Force. Onboard this first flight of a certified Vulcan rocket will be the Navigation Technology Satellite 3 (NTS-3 aka Timation-5) and another undisclosed payload for the U.S. Space Force. NTS 3 is a 1250kg experimental demonstration satellite for the Air Force Research Laboratory, which will be put directly into a near-geosynchronous orbit to test next-generation satellite navigation technologies. The NTS 3 spacecraft is based on Northrop Grumman’s ESPAStar satellite bus and was developed by L3Harris Technologies. NASA's SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission was removed from this flight. Vulcan will fly in the VC4S vehicle configuration with a double-engine Centaur upper stage, four solid rocket boosters and a standard fairing. - Delayed from August 2023, Jan. 30, Apr. 15, summer, October, November and January. Moved forward from September. Webcast: https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/next-launch/vulcan-ussf-106

📍 Cape Canaveral AFS Launch Complex 41, Titan III Rd, Titusville, FL 32780, USA