2025

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

Payloads deployed · 10