Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV10
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Launch Window
April 21, 2026, 6:53 a.m. - April 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
April 21, 2026, 6:53 a.m. - April 21, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS 3-8 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:53 a.m. EDT (0653 UTC) on Tuesday, April 21. The first-stage booster, making its seventh flight, will land on SpaceX's …
Launch Window: April 20th from 2:57AM to 3:12AM EDT (06:57-07:12 UTC) Current T0: April 20th at 2:57AM EDT (06:57 UTC) Mission: Falcon 9 launch of the GPS-III SV10 Hedy Lamarr satellite for the US Space Force Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target …
Tenth of ten GPS III missions.
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Aiming for launch in late 2025.
NET April 20 per NOTAMs; TBC.
GO for launch.
NET March.
Now targeting Apr 20 at 06:57 UTC
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 B1095 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 7th flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.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
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