NGC launches Pegasus XL rocket for the US Space Force

Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched the Tactically Responsive Launch-2 (TacRL-2) payload into orbit for the US Space Force (USSF), using the company’s Pegasus XL rocket. TacRL-2 was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The USSF’s tactically responsive launch concept seeks to introduce speed, agility, and flexibility into the launch enterprise in order to respond to dynamic changes in the space domain or an operational theatre and insert or replace assets on orbit much faster than standard timelines to meet emerging combatant command requirements.