NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

USSF-87

Launch Time
NET 2nd Quarter, 2025
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Rocket

Vulcan VC4S
Image Credit: ULA
ULA
Status: Planned
Liftoff Thrust: 13,006 kN
Payload to LEO: 24,600 kg
Payload to GTO: 11,693 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 61.6 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 15.5 m

Mission Details

GSSAP 7 & 8 (USSF-87)

Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are a space-based capability operating in the near-geosynchronous orbit regime supporting U.S. Space Command space surveillance operations as a dedicated Space Surveillance Network (SSN) sensor.

Payloads: 2
Geostationary Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-41, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA