SpaceX F9 - GPS III SV05 - SLC-40

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Launch Date: June 17
Launch Window: 6:00-9:00 p.m. EDT (2200-0100 GMT on 17th/18th)
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Booster Recovery: ASDS
Booster: B1060-2
Mass: 3,880 kg (8,553 lb)
Orbit: Semi-synchronous MEO

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will the U.S. Space Force’s fifth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin.

GPS III/IIIF

The GPS III/IIIF are the most powerful Global Positioning System satellites ever built for the U.S. Space Force. Explore GPS production and capabilities.

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GPS Block III - Wikipedia

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GPS-3 (Navstar-3)

GPS-3 (Global Positioning System) or Navstar-3 (Navigation System using Timing And Ranging) are the first evolution stage of the third generation o...

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70% favorable.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1405560831790649345

 

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This was the best video of a booster landing I think I've ever seen yet, didn't cut out at all!

Also, I absolutely LOVE the music they play after SECO in these livestreams. Sometimes I just let it play on the TV while I work on other stuff for background music.

 

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Upgraded camera on the drone ship- better resolution and colour, and didn't zilch out when things got tough! Brilliant!
Oof! Missed the "X" by a yard or too!
Amazing how high my standards are for the pinpoint landing of multi-ton 50-metre orbital-class boosters on tiny mid-ocean drone ships these days

 

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Official SpaceX Photos

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SMC and its mission partners successfully launch Fifth GPS III satellite

LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners successfully launched the fifth Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III Space Vehicle

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1406983737825398786