Upcoming Vulcan Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
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Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-106 NTS-3

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2025

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • L3Harris Navigation Technology Satellite 3 (NTS-3) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)

@ulalaunch Vulcan Rocket is getting ready to serve the nation! The USSF-106 launch campaign for our third Vulcan mission — and first for United States Space Force (USSF) and United Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) — begins today with the start of stacking operations at the Vertical Integration Facility-G

L3Harris NTS-3

Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-87 GSSAP-7 & GSSAP-8

UPDATED • DELAYED • DELAY EXPECTED

2025

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)

NASA ULA Vulcan Centaur Sierra Space Dream Chaser Demo-1 Cargo to International Space Station (ISS)

UPDATED • DELAYED

2025

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • Sierra Space Dream Chaser DC-101 Tenacity • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Press Kit

@ulalaunch We have been working closely with our current Vulcan Rocket Cert-2 customer, Sierra Space, and while ULA will be ready to fly, Sierra Space has shared that they are making excellent progress with Dream Chaser but have schedule risk to fly by that time. We are working with Sierra Space to identify the next available launch date

SNC Dream Chaser in Orbit

ULA Vulcan Centaur SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Launch 2 (T1TRK-B)

2025

Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Department of Defense (DoD) | Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

ULA Vulcan Centaur SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Launch 4 (T1TRK-D)

2025

Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Department of Defense (DoD) | Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

Classified ULA NROL-63 Vulcan Centaur

2025

Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | NROL-63 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

Classified ULA NROL-64 Vulcan Centaur

2025

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | NROL-64 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-49 GPS IIIF-02 (SV-12)

2027

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 • Lockheed Martin GPS IIIF-02 (GPS-3F) SV-12 • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit

@USSF_SSC We assigned 9 FY25 NSSL launch service missions under our Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts—7 to SpaceX & 2 to ULA. Blue Origin has its 1st opportunity for a mission in ‘26. We’re committed to putting new space capabilities on orbit to support outpacing competitors

Lockheed Martin GPS-III

Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-50 NG-OPIR-GEO 2 (NGG-2)

UPDATED

2027

Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Northrop Grumman Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

@USSF_SSC We assigned 9 FY25 NSSL launch service missions under our Phase 3 Lane 2 contracts—7 to SpaceX & 2 to ULA. Blue Origin has its 1st opportunity for a mission in ‘26. We’re committed to putting new space capabilities on orbit to support outpacing competitors

Northrop Grumman Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) Polar (NGP)

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NASA ULA Vulcan Centaur Maiden Flight (Cert-1) Peregrine Lunar Lander to the Moon

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Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Certification-1 Maiden Flight Vulcan Centaur VC2S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Two Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Celestis Enterprise Memorial Spaceflight Solar Orbit • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Celestis Tranquility Memorial Spaceflight • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) | TO2-AB • Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar Lander Anomaly • Sinus Viscositatis | Gruithuisen Domes | Moon | Explorer • Press Kit • Press Kit

Schedule of Upcoming Vulcan Rocket Launches to Space, Livestreams & Events

All United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur dates are estimates based on the latest available information and may change
  • NET (No Earlier Than)
  • TBC (To Be Confirmed)
  • TBD (To Be Determined)
DateMissionLivestreamNotes
2025Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-106 NTS-3Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • L3Harris Navigation Technology Satellite 3 (NTS-3) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
2025Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-87 GSSAP-7 & GSSAP-8Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
2025Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-112Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO)
2025NASA ULA Vulcan Centaur Sierra Space Dream Chaser Demo-1 Cargo to International Space Station (ISS)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • Sierra Space Dream Chaser DC-101 Tenacity • NASA Commercial Resupply Service Phase 2 (CRS-2) • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • International Space Station (ISS) • Press Kit
2025ULA Vulcan Centaur GPS III-8 (SV-09) OnizukaSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Lockheed Martin GPS III-9 (GPS-3 / NavStar-3) SV-09 Onizuka • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit
2025ULA Vulcan Centaur SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Launch 2 (T1TRK-B)Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Department of Defense (DoD) | Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2025ULA Vulcan Centaur SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Launch 4 (T1TRK-D)Space Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Department of Defense (DoD) | Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2025ULA Vulcan Centaur GPS III-9 (SV-10) Hedy LamarrSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Lockheed Martin GPS III-9 (GPS-3 / NavStar-3) SV-10 Hedy Lamarr • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit
2025Classified ULA USSF-114 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2025Classified ULA NROL-63 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 3 East (SLC-3E) | Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | NROL-63 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2025Classified ULA NROL-64 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur VC4L | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Four Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) | NROL-64 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2025ULA WGS-11+ Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Wideband Global SatCom (WGS) • Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) • Press Kit
2026Classified ULA USSF-16 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2026Classified ULA USSF-23 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2026Classified ULA USSF-43 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2026Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-57 NG-OPIR-GEO 1 (NGG-1)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Northrop Grumman Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit
2026Classified ULA USSF-95 Vulcan CentaurSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
2027ULA Vulcan Centaur GPS IIIF-01 (SV-11)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Lockheed Martin GPS IIIF-01 (GPS-3F) SV-11 • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit
2027ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-49 GPS IIIF-02 (SV-12)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 Lane 2 • Lockheed Martin GPS IIIF-02 (GPS-3F) SV-12 • Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) • Press Kit
2027Classified ULA Vulcan Centaur USSF-50 NG-OPIR-GEO 2 (NGG-2)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • Vulcan Centaur TBC • United States Space Force (USSF) | National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 2 • Northrop Grumman Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) • Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) • Press Kit

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Recent Vulcan Rocket Launches to Space & Events

DateMissionNotes
2024-10-04 11:25 UTCULA Vulcan Centaur (Cert-2)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Certification-2 Vulcan Centaur VC2S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Two Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • SRB Anomaly • Heliocentric Orbit
2024-01-08 07:18 UTCNASA ULA Vulcan Centaur Maiden Flight (Cert-1) Peregrine Lunar Lander to the MoonSpace Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Certification-1 Maiden Flight Vulcan Centaur VC2S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Two Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) • Celestis Enterprise Memorial Spaceflight Solar Orbit • Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) • Celestis Tranquility Memorial Spaceflight • NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) | TO2-AB • Astrobotic Peregrine Lunar Lander Anomaly • Sinus Viscositatis | Gruithuisen Domes | Moon | Explorer • Press Kit • Press Kit
2023-06-08 01:05 UTCULA Vulcan Centaur Cert-1 Flight Readiness Firing (FRF)Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) • United Launch Alliance (ULA) | Certification-1 Maiden Flight Vulcan Centaur VC2S | Twin Blue Origin BE-4 LOX / LNG Engines | Two Northrop Grumman GEM-63XL Graphite-Epoxy Motor (GEM) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) | Twin Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10C-X Engines

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