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SpaceX - Falcon 9 launches GPS III SV06

 







SpaceX - Falcon 9 / GPS III SV06 Mission patch.


Jan 18, 2023

Falcon 9 carrying GPS III SV06 liftoff

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 mission (GPS III SV06) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on 18 January 2023, at 12:24 UTC (07:24 EST).

Falcon 9 launches GPS III SV06 and Falcon 9 first stage landing

GPS III SV06 is the United States Space Force’s sixth Global Positioning System III space vehicle (SV).

GPS III satellite

Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (B1077) landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone-ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, having previously supported the Crew-5 mission.

Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone-ship

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SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/

Images, Video, Text, Credits: SpaceX/SciNews/Lockheed-Martin/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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