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Space Force Deploys GSSAP Sensor After USSF-87 Launch; Service And ULA Investigating SRM Anomaly

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 12th, 2026

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Space Force Deploys GSSAP Sensor After USSF-87 Launch; Service And ULA Investigating SRM Anomaly

Pictured is a United Launch Alliance photo of Thursday's launch of the USSF-87 mission.

The Space Force launched the USSF-87 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., early Thursday morning aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket--the latter's second National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission after a number of development and launch delays. ULA is a Boeing [BA]--Lockheed Martin [LMT] joint venture and won the task order for USSF-87 nearly five years ago in March 2021 (Defense Daily, March 9, 2021). The Space Force had said that the mission was to…

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