SpaceX Launches GPS III Satellite For U.S. Space Force

 Caption: SpaceX launched the eighth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force May 30 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX launched the eighth GPS III satellite for the U.S. Space Force May 30 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida.

Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched the eighth of 10 GPS III satellites for the U.S. Space Force May 30 at 1:37 p.m. EDT on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida. The rocket’s first stage landed less than 9 min. after liftoff on SpaceX’s “A Shortfall of Gravitas” autonomous drone ship...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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