First national security launch for ULA's Vulcan rocket, delivering the USSF-106 payloads directly to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Space Force, including the NTS-3 experimental satellite testing reprogrammable, jam-resistant navigation signals alongside a classified spacecraft.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 2 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 2 Vulcan VC4S flights
- Date and time
- 13 August 2025, 00:56 UTC
- Rocket
- Vulcan VC4S
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2025-173
- Launches in 2025
- 180th of 329
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