NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

USSF-106

Launch Time
NET 4th Quarter, 2024

First Vulcan rocket to support a NSSL mission.

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Rocket

Vulcan Centaur
ULA
Status: Active
Stages: 2
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m

Mission Details

NTS-3

NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3) is a demonstration navigation satellite. NTS-3 will experiment with a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit, enabling it to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.

NTS-3 will be the aft payload on the USSF-106 mission.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,250.0 kg
Geosynchronous Orbit

USSF-106

Other payloads on the USSF-106 mission have not been announced – potentially due to the classified nature of the mission.

- NASA's 6 SunRISE minisatellites will be part of the secondary payloads of this mission.

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA