USSF-106 Mission
USSF-106 was Vulcan's first National Security Space Launch mission and its first flight in the four-solid-booster VC4S configuration. The primary disclosed payload, AFRL's NTS-3 Vanguard, began a geosynchronous-orbit demonstration of reprogrammable and resilient position, navigation, and timing technologies; other national-security payload details remained restricted.
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- NTS-3 launch missionVulcan V-003
- Name
- USSF-106 Mission
- Status
- active
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- Description
- USSF-106 was Vulcan's first National Security Space Launch mission and its first flight in the four-solid-booster VC4S configuration. The primary disclosed payload, AFRL's NTS-3 Vanguard, began a geosynchronous-orbit demonstration of reprogrammable and resilient position, navigation, and timing technologies; other national-security payload details remained restricted.
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- Outcome
- Successfully delivered NTS-3 and additional national-security payloads directly to geosynchronous orbit
- Program
- National Security Space Launch
- Start Date
- 2025-08-13
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- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 18:50:29 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 18:50:29 UTC
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