flown missionSuccess
Vulcan VC4S | USSF-106
United Launch AllianceSpace Launch Complex 41 — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- USSF-106
- Type
- Government/Top Secret
- Target orbit
- Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Weather probability
- 80% go
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
- Weather concerns
- Cumulus Cloud Rule
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vulcan VC4S
- Family
- Vulcan
- Variant
- VC4S
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.5834, -80.5830