--- title: "USSF-8: ULA successfully launches Atlas V" description: A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on Jan. 21 at 2 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. image: https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/av_ussf8_l5.jpg --- [![ULA_Logo](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/ULA_Logo.png)](https://www.ulalaunch.com/) [![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/Back%20Arrow%20Blue.png) Back To Blog List](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog) [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [USSF-8: ULA successfully launches Atlas V](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0-0-0) January 21, 2022 [![Share on facebook](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/facebook.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [![Share on twitter](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/twitter.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=USSF-8%3A+ULA+successfully+launches+Atlas+V) [![Share on linkedin](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/linkedin.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/sbirs-geo-flight-5-ula-successfully-launches-atlas-v-0-0-0-0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) ![](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/av_ussf8_l5.jpg) A ULA Atlas V 511 rocket lifts off with the USSF-8 mission for the United States Space Force. Photo by United Launch Alliance A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off on Jan. 21 at 2:00 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date ULA has launched 148 times with 100 percent mission success. “ULA continues to launch national security assets into highly complex orbits. The USSF-8 mission was successfully delivered to near-geosynchronous orbit after a nearly 7-hour mission,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs. “We want to thank the U.S. Space Force and our mission partners for their teamwork for the successful launch and delivery to orbit.”   [Atlas V USSF-8 Launch Blog ](https://www.ulalaunch.com/missions/archived-launched/atlas-v-ussf-8) ## Related News & Topics [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [ULA Vulcan Rocket Successfully Launches the Future of Defense](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/ula-vulcan-rocket-successfully-launches-the-future-of-defense-1) February 12, 2026 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 100th National Security Mission](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-100th-national-security-mission) July 30, 2024 [Launch](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/tag/launch) ## [USSF-12: Atlas V successfully launches for Space Force](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/ussf-12-atlas-v-successfully-launches-for-space-force) July 2, 2022 - [![Apple App Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/App_Store_Badge.svg)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ula-anywhere-ar/id1454852470) - [![Google Play Store Badge](https://blog.ulalaunch.com/hubfs/google-play-badge.svg)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ula.anywherear&hl=en) - - - - - - Copyright 2026 United Launch Alliance, LLC. All Rights Reserved [Privacy](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions#anchor11) | [Terms of Use](https://www.ulalaunch.com//terms-and-conditions)