Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09
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Launch Window
Jan. 28, 2026, 4:38 a.m. - Jan. 28, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
Jan. 28, 2026, 4:38 a.m. - Jan. 28, 2026, 4:53 a.m.
Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS 3-9 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 11:53 p.m. EST (0453 UTC) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The first-stage booster, making its fifth flight, will land on SpaceX's …
Launch window: January 27th from 11:38PM to 11:53PM EST (04:38-04:53 UTC on the 28th) Current T0: January 27th at 11:38PM EST (04:38 UTC on the 28th) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the GPS-III SV09 satellite, named Ellison Onizuka, for the US Space Force. Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), …
Ninth of ten GPS III missions.
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Launch vehicle switched from Vulcan to Falcon.
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Launch pad assigned.
NET January 26 UTC.
Moved up to NET January.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 5th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
The U.S. Space Force launch procurement office on June 8 announced an additional 12 missions assigned to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance under the National Security Space Launch Phase 2 contract.
The change will allow the U.S. Space Force to expedite the process of building out its GPS constellation in medium Earth orbit. The launch date for the next satellite, GPS III Space Vehicle 09, could be within weeks.
"We are fundamentally shifting our approach to securing our munitions supply chain."
This will be the third launch of a GPS satellite in as many years. Liftoff of the GPS 3-9 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 11:42 p.m. EST (0442 UTC).
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