{"id":12375,"date":"2020-07-04T20:44:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T12:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-9-rocket-launches-from-florida-with-gps-navigation-satellite\/"},"modified":"2020-07-04T20:44:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T12:44:28","slug":"photos-falcon-9-rocket-launches-from-florida-with-gps-navigation-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-9-rocket-launches-from-florida-with-gps-navigation-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with GPS navigation satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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 aging GPS satellite launched in May 2000.<\/p>\n

These photos show the Falcon 9 rocket firing off pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:10:46 p.m. EDT (2010:46 GMT). Nine Merlin 1D engines, burning a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, powered the Falcon 9 into the sky with 1.7 million pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n

The launch marked the 88th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket since SpaceX debuted its workhorse launch vehicle in June 2010. It was the 11th Falcon 9 flight so far in 2020.<\/p>\n

Read our full story for details on the June 30 launch.<\/p>\n

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