ULA’s Vulcan launches Space Force mission; solid booster anomaly under investigation ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. Space Force mission to geosynchronous orbit ...

As a ULA Vulcan bolted into the early Thursday skies over Cape Canaveral, many witnessed a solid rocket booster issue.

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 ...

United Launch Alliance launched its first mission of 2026 with the USSF-87 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Vulcan Centaur V-005, with four solid rocket boosters in the VC4S ...

The forecast from the Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45 weather squadron and Launch Weather Officer Rachel Shane for Thursday's launch of Vulcan indicates a 95 percent chance of acceptable ...

Live updates from the early Feb. 12 ULA Vulcan liftoff from Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the ...

A geosynchronous orbit (sometimes abbreviated GSO) is an Earth-centered orbit with an orbital period that matches Earth's rotation on its axis, 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds (one sidereal day).