BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A rocket launch to support national security is set to blast off from Florida’s Space Coast on Tuesday.
The United States Space Force’s USSF-106 mission is set to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday night.
The mission marks the first national security launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket.
The launch will utilize a Vulcan Centaur VC4S rocket, equipped with four solid rocket boosters, to deliver its payload directly to geosynchronous orbit.
The launch is set with a launch window between 7:59 and 8:59 p.m.
Channel 9 will monitor the planned rocket launch and provide updates on Eyewitness News.
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