SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05

Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV05
Start: 2021-06-17T16:09:35.000Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch window

June 17, 2021Add to calendar

Launch SuccessfulWeather 90% go

SpaceX's 140th launch · 23rd this year · humanity's 6,094th orbital launch attempt

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jun 17, 16:09 – Jun 17, 16:24 UTC

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GPS III SV05

GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.

Navigation · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Booster

B1062 · flight 2 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Just Read the Instructions · landed · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV04 · zone record 156/157

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Falcon 9 GPS III SV05 — The Space Devs
GPS III Space Vehicle 05 Mission — SpaceX

Updates

Successful launch per Lockheed Martin's twitter
Rob1bouchet · 6/17/2021 · source
Weather 70%.
Nosu · 6/16/2021 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 6/14/2021 · source
Marking 'go' per SpaceX tweet confirming launch target
JRascagneres · 6/12/2021 · source
New launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/7/2021 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

400 launches from this pad · 1,128 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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