Vulcan

Weather forecasters give a 95% chance of GO conditions for the USSF-87 Vulcan liftoff.

Multiple Amazon LEO launches on Vulcan are planned contingent on VIF-A being ready.

The USSF-87 Vulcan mission will carry United Launch Alliance’s heaviest Vulcan payload to date and will have the longest Vulcan flight to date, lasting 10 hours.

Amazon’s 38-launch contract relies primarily on Vulcan reaching a twice-monthly launch tempo by the end of 2026.

United Launch Alliance's USSF-87 Vulcan launch is scheduled for February 12 with a two-hour window opening at 08:30 UTC.

United Launch Alliance’s 2026 manifest includes the final 13 Atlas V rockets, most of which are already fabricated and in storage, alongside a scaling number of Vulcan cores.

The USSF-106 mission in August 2025 served as the operational debut for the Vulcan rocket.

United Launch Alliance's Vulcan mission USSF-87 and SpaceX's Falcon 9 carrying Crew-12 are scheduled to launch within two hours of each other from neighboring pads located 2.5 kilometers apart.

Ariane 64 and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rockets both successfully launched their missions, with Vulcan’s flight exhibiting issues that require review before its next national security payload.

Atlas V, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan accounted for the non-SpaceX orbital launches from the Eastern Range in 2025.

Methane propellant is increasingly used by launch vehicles serving U.S. ranges, with New Glenn and Vulcan already using methane and Starship planned to follow.

Dragon closeouts for Crew-12 occur right around ULA Vulcan's T-0.

United Launch Alliance will launch the Vulcan rocket mission designated USSF-87.

The Vulcan USSF-87 mission will launch from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Ariane 64 and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rockets both completed recent launches.

Vulcan experienced flight issues that require review before it is cleared to carry its next national security payload.

The R/S Rocket Ship vessel is offloading a Vulcan rocket at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

The Vulcan rocket at Vandenberg is intended for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Tracking Layer-B or D mission.

Amazon booked almost all of its initial deployment capacity on three launch vehicles that had not yet flown or were in early testing: ULA’s Vulcan, Arianespace’s Ariane 6, and Blue Origin’s New Glenn.