United Launch Alliance flew its Vulcan rocket for only the fourth time early Thursday, but suffered yet another fiery burn through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security ...
The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.
Live updates from the early Feb. 12 ULA Vulcan liftoff from Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the USSF-87 mission.
The booster anomaly resulted in months of delays before the Space Force finally gave ULA the green light to begin launching its missions. Vulcan launched its first military payload in August 2025, ...
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Vulcan rocket shows booster problem again

ULA’s Vulcan Centaur suffered another solid rocket booster anomaly on its USSF-87 launch, yet still delivered satellites to geosynchronous orbit while data is reviewed.> ...
The Amazon Leo constellation will eventually consist of over 3,200 satellites, deployed across more than 80 launches using a ...
It was the fourth launch of ULA's replacement for the Atlas V and Delta IV rocket, and the second in which an anomaly was noted with the booster. A nozzle was shed during the second launch of the ...
It carried GSSAP for the US Space Command’s Space Surveillance Network in near-geosynchronous orbit.