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Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 630th launch · 11th this year · humanity's 7,193rd orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jan 28, 04:38 – Jan 28, 04:53 UTC
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GPS III SV09
Ninth of ten GPS III missions.
Navigation · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Booster
- B1096 · flight 5 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77 · zone record 161/162
Watch
- SpaceX GPS III SV09 — The Space Devs
- Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral — Spaceflight Now
- SpaceX Falcon 9 launches GPS-III SV09 — NASASpaceflight
- GPS III-9 Mission — SpaceX
Flight timeline
- T+1M12SMax-Q
- T+2M29SMECO
- T+2M32SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M40SSES-1
- T+3M29SFairing Separation
- T+6M10SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M39SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+8M5SSECO-1
- T+8M10SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M34SStage 1 Landing
- T+1H3M30SSES-2
- T+1H4M18SSECO-2
- T+1H29M19SPayload Separation
Updates
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2026 · source
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2026 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 28 at 04:53 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/28/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/27/2026 · source
Delayed to January 27 LT.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/26/2026 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/26/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 40% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/24/2026 · source
Updated launch weather, 55% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/23/2026 · source
Now targeting Jan 27 at 04:42 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/23/2026 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Jan 27, 11:53 PM EST
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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