Tag: GPS 3
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U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin launch newest GPS satellite on SpaceX Falcon rocket
SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket on May 30, 2025 at 1:37 p.m. EDT (1737 UTC) with the GPS III-7 Space Vehicle 08 satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update May 30, 3:14 p.m. EDT: SpaceX confirmed deployment of the GPS III-7 SV-08 spacecraft.…
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SpaceX to launch second accelerated GPS 3 satellite mission in late May
Seen here prior to being sealed in its shipping container at Lockheed Martin’s Littleton, Colorado facility, SV08 will join the U.S. Space Force’s operational GPS constellation in orbit. Image: Lockheed Martin. Following the successful accelerated launch of a Global Positioning System on a Falcon 9 rocket in mid-December, the U.S. Space Force, Lockheed Martin and…
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Space Force announces new nicknames for GPS satellites
Artist’s concept of a GPS 3 satellite in space. Credit: Lockheed Martin The Space Force says it changed the nickname of a GPS navigation satellite launched in June from Columbus to instead honor Matthew Henson, a Black explorer on the first expedition to the North Pole more than a century ago, “to acknowledge a fuller…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with GPS navigation satellite
The first launch by SpaceX for the U.S. Space Force on June 30 carried the third in a new line of modernized GPS navigation satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral. The 9,505-pound (4,311-kilogram) GPS 3 SV03 spacecraft rode into orbit inside the payload shroud of a Falcon 9 rocket, on the way to replace an…
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Timeline for Falcon 9’s launch of the GPS 3 SV03 spacecraft
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday carrying the U.S. Air Force’s next GPS 3-series navigation satellite destined for an orbit more than 12,000 miles above Earth. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:55:48 p.m.…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s GPS 3 SV03 navigation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending] SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior…
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SpaceX launches its first mission for the U.S. Space Force
A Falcon 9 rocket blasts off Tuesday from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX A new GPS satellite rocketed into orbit from Cape Canaveral on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher Tuesday on the way to replace one of the more than 30 other spacecraft helping guide everything from…
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U.S. military makes adjustments in GPS launch to allow for SpaceX booster landing
The U.S. military’s third GPS 3-series satellite, designated SV03, is prepared for encapsulation inside the payload fairing of its SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing for liftoff Tuesday of its first mission for the U.S. Space Force, a launch from Cape Canaveral that will deploy a new GPS navigation satellite using a…
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GPS satellite ready for installation on Falcon 9 rocket for launch next week
The third GPS 3-series navigation satellite, named “Columbus,” is seen before shipment from Lockheed Martin’s factory in Denver. Credit: Lockheed Martin The U.S. military’s next GPS navigation satellite moved to a SpaceX launch facility late Thursday at Cape Canaveral, ready for attachment with a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff June 30 to take the place…
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Photos: ULA’s Delta 4-Medium flies for the last time
The last flight of United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4-Medium rocket lifted off Aug. 22 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, riding more than 1.2 million pounds of thrust from a hydrogen-fueled main engine and two strap-on solid rocket motors. The Delta 4 rocket climbed away from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 37 launch pad at…