🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches GPS III SV08

GPS III SV08, originally scheduled to launch on a ULA Vulcan rocket, was reassigned to the Falcon 9. As a result, GPS IIIF-1, originally planned to launch on a Falcon Heavy, will now launch on Vulcan.

GPS III (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution of the third generation of GPS satellites. The U.S. Air Force announced in May 2008 that a team led by Lockheed Martin had won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (Navstar) Space System program, known as GPS III.

This program will improve position, navigation, and timing services for warfighter and civil users worldwide and provide advanced anti-jam capabilities yielding superior system security, accuracy, and reliability.

Window Opens: May 30th at 1:23PM EDT (17:23 UTC)
Window Closes: May 30th at 1:38PM EDT (17:38 UTC)

Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the US Space Force GPS-III Space Vehicle 8 satellite
Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.
Target orbit: Medium Transfer Orbit; ~400x20200km 55º orbit
Booster: B1092-4; 39d 9h 7min 15s turnaround
Booster history: Starlink Group 12-13, NROL-69, and CRS-32.
Satellites launched: 23, will be 24 after this mission
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the United States east coast
Payload mass: Approximately 4 metric tons
Stubby nozzle: No
Stats:
· SpaceX's 507th launch overall.
· SpaceX's 68th launch of the year and 16th launch of the month.
· Falcon's 129th launch since the last failure, F9's 481st orbital flight
· SpaceX's 254th launch from SLC-40.
· 111th landing on ASOG out of 112 attempts
· 113th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.

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