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Two GPS-III Satellites Cleared To Launch On Preflown SpaceX Rockets

Irene Klotz October 06, 2020
SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage
SpaceX recovered the Falcon 9 first stage used to launch the U.S. Space Force GPS III-SV03 satellite on June 30.
Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX has broken through the final barrier in a 3.5-year effort to retire safety and reliability questions about its rocket reuse program, winning U.S. Space Force approval to fly a pair of upcoming GPS III satellites on previously flown Falcon 9 boosters. Modifications to the launch contracts...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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