2026 · United Launch Alliance

USSF-25

upcomingVulcan | USSF-25

Payload is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) nuclear thermal spacecraft.

Overview

Date / time: December 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM UTC
Outcome: upcoming
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 41
Mission: USSF-25
Mission type: Government/Top Secret
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

Vulcan →

Launch provider

United Launch Alliance →