ULA Vulcan Rocket Launches on its First Mission for Space Force Written 13 August 2025
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Launch of a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket carrying the USSF-106 mission for the United States Space Force, Aug. 12, 2025. | Credit: ULA; YouTube; Framegrab
Spaceflight Now reports, “Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan’s two methane-fueled BE-4 engines thundered to life at 8:56p.m. EDT, instantly propelling the rocket away from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.”
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Launch of a ULA Vulcan rocket carrying the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-106 mission (Liftoff at 19:39)
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