Vulcan VC4S | USSF-106

Mission Details

USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force. The launch will deploy various payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, including the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3), a demonstration navigation satellite testing a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.

Launch Service Provider

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Rocket Information

• Configuration: Vulcan VC4S
• Manufacturer: United Launch Alliance
• Payload Capacity to LEO: kg
• Height: meters
• Diameter: meters

Launch Pad

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Space Launch Complex 41

Updates

• Sun, 18 May 2025 22:07:00 GMT

  NET July.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Thu, 19 Dec 2024 02:57:00 GMT

  NET Q2 2025.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:17:00 GMT

  NET early 2025.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:28:00 GMT

  NET Q4 2024.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Thu, 03 Oct 2024 01:25:00 GMT

  NET late 2024.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Sun, 04 Aug 2024 20:17:05 GMT

  Reportedly targeting October

  by Nosu

• Tue, 14 May 2024 10:01:50 GMT

  NET late 2024.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Tue, 02 Apr 2024 13:28:17 GMT

  NET summer 2024, pending Vulcan Cert-2 status.

  by Cosmic_Penguin

• Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:13:45 GMT

  Mid to late 2023

  by Nosu

• Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:56:38 GMT

  Pushing to Q2 FY23

  by JRascagneres