Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV08
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.
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 428
Consecutive Success 131
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1092
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 4
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location ASOG
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-31T01:44:00+0000
Launch success. (Launch time per https://bsky.app/profile/rocketksc.bsky.social/post/3lqfrllsic22j)
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-30T19:08:00+0000
Spacecraft separation.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-30T17:38:00+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2025-05-30T17:18:00+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-30T17:05:00+0000
Updating launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-30T15:52:00+0000
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-29T20:00:00+0000
GO for launch.
hitura-nobad
2025-05-29T12:00:00+0000
Weather is 45% GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-25T03:41:00+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-05-23T16:51:00+0000
Added tentative launch window, TBC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-11T03:15:00+0000
Changed launch pad.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-04-07T17:49:00+0000
NET May and change in launch service provider/rocket.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-05-15T18:35:41+0000
NET January 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-13T11:33:48+0000
Planned within the 2024 NSSL mission manifest.
Nosu
2022-05-27T10:18:16+0000
Adding launch
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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