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February 12th, 2026
Image credit: ULA/Inside Outer Space screengrab
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket delivered a national security spacecraft directly to geosynchronous orbit for the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command on the USSF-87 mission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Feb. 2.
Solid observation
Image credit: ULA/Inside Outer Space screengrab
“We had an observation early during flight on one of the four solid rocket motors, the team is currently reviewing the data. The booster, upper stage, and spacecraft continued to perform on a nominal trajectory,” explains ULA.
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