Posted on 08/12/2025 5:05:21 PM PDT by know.your.why
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.
USSF-106 will also carry a classified satellite for the United States Space Force
Launch Window: August 12th from 7:59PM EDT to 8:59PM EDT (23:59-00:59 UTC) Current T0: August 12th at 7:59PM EDT (23:59 UTC)
Mission: Vulcan Centaur launch of USSF-106 mission Launch location: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth Target orbit: Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) Booster: V-003 Configuration:
VC4S
- Vulcan Centaur
- 4 GEM-63XL solid rocket motors
- Short length fairing
Rocket trajectory: Straight east
Stats:
- ULA's 166th alunch overall and its 3rd launch of the year.
- Vulcan's 3rd launch and the 1st in its VC4 configuration.
- ULA's 80th launch from SLC-41.
- Vulcan's 1st National Security mission.
Nasa gonna send a muzz up? Cause they love a good ride...
bttt
Very pretty, from North Melbourne.
So far, so good...!
See the pretty blue flame from the LNG and Liquid Oxygen?
Liftoff — time index 1:22:05
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