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Falcon 9 GPS III SV01

SpaceX’s twenty-first flight of 2018 launched the first of the new GPS III satellites (Block IIIA) for the United States Air Force and was SpaceX’s first EELV mission. The spacecraft was delivered to a MEO transfer orbit from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. This mission was the first to fly with the redesigned COPV on the first stage (B1054) as well as the second. The booster was expended.

Launch Information

Launch Date

Sunday 23rd December 2018 at 13:51 UTC

Launch Pad

CCSFS SLC 40

Rocket

Falcon 9

Booster

B1054.1

Launch Success

Yes

Landing Attempt

No

Payloads

Payload
Customer
Manufacturer
Mass (kg)
Mass (lbs)
Orbit
GPS III SV01

USAF

Lockheed Martin

4400
9700.34
MEO

Launch Photos

All of these images are from the SpaceX Flickr page and all of them belong to SpaceX

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