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Packed launch week: ULA's Vulcan to carry USSF-87 and SpaceX to fly Crew-12 amid eight scheduled missions

Eight launches are scheduled this week from multiple sites, led by United Launch Alliance's Vulcan carrying the USSF-87 national-security payload and SpaceX's Crew-12 Dragon bound for the International Space Station. The manifest mixes crewed, government and commercial missions across several providers.

Discovered 2026-02-09T14:35:59.122500-08:00 | 2026-02-09T14:35:59.122500-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The eight-flight manifest, including a national-security USSF-87 mission and a crewed ISS rotation, tightens demands on ranges, pads and recovery assets; see the Eastern Range same-day fueling clearance and recent coverage of U.S. launch infrastructure strain (source:e43675a9-57ba-44da-81b0-24f3d0b2d18e) (source:632482d0-9cc8-4495-a9db-2db57eadf419).
  • The schedule highlights reliance on multiple providers for both defense and human spaceflight: ULA is staging Vulcan assets on both coasts while NASA advances Crew-12 preparations (source:f4c51e03-2673-4412-b581-35712d9b0f42) (source:9f7a5200-fccd-42f3-a586-8c0016a88237).

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