CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Early Thursday morning, United Launch Alliance successfully launched satellites for the U.S. Space Force. However, ULA reported an "observation" with the launch.

A rare sight in the skies of the Space Coast, the Vulcan rocket will lift off on a National Security mission for the Space ...

On February 12, 2026, United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket, completing its fourth mission while contending with an unexpected anomaly. This mission, which ...

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A ULA Vulcan rocket launched a Space Force mission from Cape Canaveral on Feb. 12. Shortly after liftoff, sparks appeared briefly from the area of the solid rocket boosters. Vulcan had experienced a ...

This USSF-87 mission is the ULA rocket's longest to date and carries its heaviest payload. The mission is meant to deploy a spacecraft to an orbit nearly 90 times higher than the International Space ...

United Launch Alliance said it is reviewing data after one of the solid rocket motors on its Vulcan rocket appeared to experience a problem during a U.S. Space Force mission early Thursday. The ...

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket carrying a suite of classified Space Force payloads suffered what appeared to be a burn through in the nozzle of a strap-on solid-fuel booster Thursday, but ...

Moments after liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday morning, a shower of sparks emerged in the exhaust plume of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket. Seconds later, the rocket twisted on ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Another rocket has lifted from Florida’s Space Coast. At 4:22 a.m. Thursday, United Launch Alliance launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.