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Launch Stack

Operator: SpaceX
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Constellations: 1
Payload Status: active 1
Payload Mission Types: Positioning Navigation Timing 1

Mentions

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The GPS III SV06 mission used a booster recovered and prepared from NASA’s Crew-5 Dragon Endurance mission to the International Space Station in October 2022.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 23, 2023Space Systems Command sets new launch record for the U.S. Space Force

The GPS III SV06 mission was the fifth launch of a GPS III satellite using a SpaceX Falcon 9 since December 2018.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Jan 18, 2023UPDATE 2: The USSF’s GPS III SV06 makes its way to orbit courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon 9

The GPS III SV06 mission was the last GPS mission procured under the National Security Space Launch Phase 1A contract awarded in 2018.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jan 18, 2023UPDATE 2: The USSF’s GPS III SV06 makes its way to orbit courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon 9

The first-stage Falcon 9 booster that supported the GPS III SV06 mission previously launched Crew-5.

GeneralPlanValue 3.0Jan 18, 2023UPDATE 2: The USSF’s GPS III SV06 makes its way to orbit courtesy of a SpaceX Falcon 9

GPS III SV06 Mission