Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV06
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
GPS III SV06
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.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1077
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 16
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-01-18T16:34:05+0000
Launch success.
SwGustav
2023-01-18T12:24:18+0000
Liftoff
SwGustav
2023-01-18T12:14:37+0000
Coverage live
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-01-18T11:35:53+0000
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-01-17T18:36:30+0000
Go for launch.
Nosu
2023-01-16T06:58:40+0000
Updating launch window
Nosu
2023-01-15T15:00:40+0000
Weather >90%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-01-13T13:12:21+0000
Added launch window.
Nosu
2023-01-03T18:37:54+0000
Adding T-0 and setting TBC
Nosu
2022-10-27T04:23:48+0000
NET January
Nosu
2022-03-25T22:17:51+0000
Q4 2022
Programs
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver anywhere on or near the Earth where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.
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