2025 · United Launch Alliance
USSF-106
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USSF-106 is a mission for the United States Space Force. The launch will deploy various payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, including the NTS-3 (Navigation Technology Satellite 3), a demonstration navigation satellite testing a new digital signal generator that can be reprogrammed on-orbit to broadcast new signals, improve performance by avoiding and defeating interference, and adding signatures for detecting spoofing attacks.
Overview
- Date / time
- August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Mission
- USSF-106
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit