— SpaceX successfully launched an advanced GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force on Thursday (Nov. 5), marking the first launch in nearly two weeks here on the Space Coast. One of the company's two-stage Falcon 9 rockets blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral ...
Space Force is under the umbrella of the U.S. Air Force and works to oversee all space operations. The Space Force originally planned for this satellite to launch in April, but officials opted to delay the launch until now. This enabled teams the opportunity to work on procedures that ...
The Space Force today launched its first mission to fly on a reused booster -- a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the fifth GPS III satellite. The mission opens the door for SpaceX, and other companies in the future, to propose reusable rocket components in their bids for National Secu...
which completed its fourth overall launch. B1082 had previously launched 2 Starlink missions and a weather satellite for the Department of Defense, which launched just 29 days before this most recent Starlink mission.
the first time a flight-proven booster has been used for a national security mission. In fact, the Falcon 9 carrying the GPS satellite, nicknamed Neil Armstrong in honor of the famed Apollo astronaut, is the same booster that was used on the lastSpace Force GPS satellite launch in No...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Cape Canaveral carrying the third upgraded GPS 3 navigation satellite for the U.S. Space Force.William Harwood/CBS News "This is our firstU.S. Space Forcelaunch, and we're really excited about it and hope that this is the first of many, many ...
SpaceX launched the military’s newest, most accurate GPS satellite Tuesday after a two-month delay due to the pandemic. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the GPS satellite to orbit. The brand new fi
After the rocket's nine Merlin 1D engines passed an automated health check, the Falcon 9 was released from the Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 4:39 a.m. PDT (1139 GMT). Because of the precision needed for satellite insertion, the launch had only a on...
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The rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at the air force base at 7:21 p.m. PDT (0221 GMT Monday). The satellite, dubbed SAOCOM 1A, was deployed to low Earth obit about 12 minutes after launch. Following stage separation, the first stage of the rocket returned ...