United Launch Alliance may have finally got its Vulcan rocket cleared for national security missions, but the Space Force decided to favor SpaceX for the majority of a batch of newly assigned missions.

The annual task order from Space Systems Command to approved providers was released Friday for fiscal 2026 calling for seven missions total, with five assigned to SpaceX and two to ULA.

Blue Origin, a third provider approved under the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) launch service missions Phase 3 Lane 2 contract, did not receive any task orders, although that may be due to the fact that its New Glenn rocket has yet to complete two missions, which is what the Space Force has used to certify new rockets.

ULA’s Vulcan, which had faced years of delays before its debit, only received it

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