United Launch Alliance's New Rocket Lifts-Off on First Space Force Mission
Dubbed USSF-106, the mission is part of the Space Systems Command's National Security Space Launch Program. Two national security satellites were sent into geosynchronous orbit 22,000 miles above the earth. ULA said it was one of its longest launches ever, taking more than seven hours to put its payloads in the correct position.
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