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Vulcan VC4S | USSF-106
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force. The launch will deploy various payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, including the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3), a demonstration navigation satellite testing a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
- T−00:00:4.9
Ignition
- T+00:00:1.1
Liftoff
- T+00:00:46.1
Supersonic
- T+00:01:0.1
Max-Q
- T+00:01:36.2
SRB Separation
- T+00:04:57.6
MECO
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- T+00:05:3.7
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:05:13.6
SES-1
- T+00:05:21.7
Fairing Separation