"Space Force Overcomes Hurricane Delay to Launch Critical National Security Mission"

United Launch Alliance's most powerful version of the Atlas V rocket successfully launched a national security mission for the U.S. Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission, named SILENTBARKER/NROL-107, included multiple payloads aimed at providing space situational awareness and tracking. The rocket's destination was geosynchronous orbit, requiring ULA's most powerful variation of the Atlas V rocket. This marked ULA's 18th and final NRO mission aboard an Atlas V rocket, as future national security missions will be launched using ULA's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket. The next rocket launch from Florida is expected to be a Falcon 9 Starlink mission by SpaceX.