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The L3Harris-built Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) satellite launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket Aug. 12 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NTS-3 will be used for a variety of experiments to include testing on-orbit, next-generation technologies that assist warfighters in contested environments. (L3Harris photo.)

Space Force mitigating impacts to programs amid grounding of Vulcan rocket

“We are actively looking at several launches coming up to see what we can do,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess told lawmakers Wednesday.

1 day ago By Mikayla Easley

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Space Force’s GPS III SV-08 mission payload before liftoff, May 30, 2025. (Screenshot from SpaceX livestream)

Space Force launches second ‘rapid-response’ GPS mission

The mission was executed just three months after the Space Force notified industry to prepare for liftoff, the second time the service has launched a GPS III…

May 30, 2025 By Mikayla Easley