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SpaceX Launch of GPS III Important for NSSL

Frank Wolfe

Friday, October 2nd, 2020

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SpaceX Launch of GPS III Important for NSSL

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sits at the ready at Cape Canaveral, Fla. for the scheduled Oct. 2 launch of the fourth GPS III satellite (SpaceX Photo)

The scheduled launch of the fourth GPS III satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 9:43 p.m. on Oct. 2nd from Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be important for future National Security Space Launch (NSSL) in demonstrating reliability and cost reduction, as SpaceX is to re-use the rocket to launch the fifth GPS III satellite next year. The launch will be the third NSSL mission on a Falcon 9 rocket, the second U.S. Space Force (USSF) first-stage booster recovery, and…

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