Space Force Adjusts Mission Schedule Amid Vulcan Uncertainty Written 26 March 2026
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ULA’s Vulcan rocket rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. | Credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center; Ben Smegelsky; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Space News reports, “U.S. Space Force officials are working to reshuffle launch plans for a slate of national security missions after United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was sidelined by a booster anomaly that could take months to resolve. At a March 25 hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces subcommittee, lawmakers pressed Pentagon officials on the fallout from the Feb. 12 launch issue, with Chairman Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R., Tenn.) pointing to what “will probably be at least a six month delay to any Vulcan launch.”
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