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SpaceX Launches Third GPS III Satellite For US Space Force

By Rachel Jewett

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020

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SpaceX Launches Third GPS III Satellite For US Space Force

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the U.S. Space Force’s third GPS III satellite on June 30. Screenshot via SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the newest GPS III satellite, Space Vehicle 03 (SV03), for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex-40 in Florida on Tuesday at 4:10 p.m. EST. The payload separated at 5:40 p.m., 1 hour and 29 minutes after liftoff. The launch marked the second time a Falcon 9 carried a GPS III satellite into space; SpaceX served as the provider for the first satellite’s launch in December 2018, while the second satellite was launched on a United Launch…

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