The United Launch Alliance is launching its powerful Vulcan rocket on its first national security mission for the U.S. Space Force.

Vulcan lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida just before 9 p.m. EDT. The variant that flew stood just over 200 feet tall, generating 3 million pounds of thrust from four Northrop Grumman solid rocket boosters as well as a pair of Blue Origin BE-4 main engines.

The Vulcan, the United Launch Alliance's newer rocket, got off the ground from Florida on its first national security mission for US Space Force.

The United Launch Alliance launched a Vulcan rocket Tuesday night from Florida as part of the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight.  The 200-foot spacecraft with four rocket boosters lifted