A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket is gearing up to launch a classified national security payload Tuesday night for the United States Space Force.

The ULA Vulcan rocket, which is being prepped for liftoff from Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, will launch the USSF-106 mission into space between 7:59 p.m. and 8:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

The Vulcan rocket rolled out to the launch pad earlier Monday, as seen in a ULA post on X.

This marks the first national security launch aboard a Vulcan rocket, which will carry the Navigation Technology Satellite-3.

NTS-3 is the Defense Department's first navigation satellite in nearly five decades. The satellite is managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory and, once in orbit, will protect GPS technology and cr

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