ULA’s Status Report provides updates on launch and other ULA activities. Please note this does not necessarily reflect the chronological order of upcoming launches.
Kuiper 3 // Next Up! Sept. 25
Status: The team began (LVOS) operations last week. The Atlas V booster was hoisted into the vertical integration facility (VIF) at the Cape, followed by the mating of five solid rocket boosters (SRBs) and the stacking of the Centaur upperstage.
- Vehicle: Atlas V 551
- Launch date: Sept. 25
- Launch Site: SLC-41
Payload: Third batch of 27 operational broadband satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper
ViaSat-3 F2
Status: The rocket (booster and Centaur) for ViaSat-3 Flight Two (F2) mission for Viasat, a global technology company, is at the Cape and in storage until processing begins for this mission scheduled to launch in late Oct.
- Vehicle: Atlas V 551
- Launch date: Late Oct.
- Launch site: SLC-41
USSF-106 // Successfully Launched Aug. 12, 2025
Status: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket carrying the USSF-106 mission for the United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Aug. 12 at 8:56 p.m. EDT, marking the first National Security Launch aboard a Vulcan rocket.
Vehicle: Vulcan Centaur with four SRBs and 51’ PLF (VC4S)
Launch Site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Payload: USSF-106 was a multi-manifested mission and included the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3), the first U.S. integrated satellite positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) experiment in nearly 50 years.
