United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the second Certification (Cert-2) flight test of the Vulcan rocket on Oct. 4 at 7:25 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The rocket achieved a hyperbolic Earth-escape trajectory with bullseye accuracy as part of flight test obligations to meet U.S. Space Force requirements for ULA to begin launching national security payloads aboard Vulcan.