USSF-87 national security mission: Vulcan's fourth flight delivered U.S. Space Force GSSAP space-surveillance satellites directly to geosynchronous orbit; an observation on one of the four solid rocket boosters during ascent prompted an investigation, though the payloads reached orbit successfully.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.5 T (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Vulcan VC4S flights
- Date and time
- 12 February 2026, 09:22 UTC
- Rocket
- Vulcan VC4S
- Builder
- ULA
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Government/Top Secret
- International designator
- 2026-029
- Launches in 2026
- 32nd of 243
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