The Vulcan has launched on its second-ever national security spaceflight in what will be the biggest test yet for ULA's powerful rocket.

Live updates from SpaceX’s Monday morning Starlink 6-103 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced its next launch is a dedicated mission on its HASTE rocket for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

California will surpass its 10th rocket launch of the year less than two months into 2026. Here's where to see the SpaceX Falcon 9 lift off again.

What: Falcon 9 rocket launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: Between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, according to SpaceX. If

The USSF-87 mission marked the Vulcan rocket’s second launch under the National Security Space Launch, or NSSL, program.

NASA launched two sounding rocket missions from Alaska to measure auroral electrical currents and study geomagnetic storm impacts on Earth’s upper atmosphere and space-based systems.

SpaceX halted Falcon 9 launches for a week while it investigated that issue, which was traced to a fuel leak in one of the booster's nine Merlin engines. This leak led to a fire shortly after touchdown, which weakened a landing leg and caused the vehicle to tip over.

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SpaceX managed to find a lull in the winds early Monday, but a United Launch Alliance launch had to delay a day, while a second SpaceX mission waited two before adding to the Space Coast’s rocket mission total. The Monday one that did go up though was ...