Booster B1062 previously supported 16 missions, including GPS III SV04, GPS III SV05, Inspiration4, Ax-1, Nilesat 301, OneWeb 17, ARABSAT BADR-8, and nine Starlink missions.
GPS III SV05, nicknamed Armstrong, was launched on 2021-06-17.
GPS III SV05 received operational acceptance approval on 2021-06-29.
The Falcon 9 booster used to launch GPS III SV05 previously delivered GPS III SV04 to orbit in November 2020.
The US Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center transferred Satellite Control Authority of GPS III SV05 to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron at Schriever Air Force Base on 2021-06-28.
SpaceX used a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage, designated B1062, to launch GPS III SV05, marking B1062’s second mission.
SpaceX launched GPS III SV05 on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on 2021-06-17.
The 15-minute launch window for GPS III SV05 opens at 12:09 p.m. EDT.
Contracts with SpaceX to launch GPS III SV05 and SV06 in 2021 were renegotiated last year to allow reused boosters, saving the government about $64,000,000.
GPS III SV05 is slated to launch in June 2021.
GPS III SV05 is the third GPS III satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral in the last 14 months.
GPS III SV05 is scheduled to launch no earlier than July 2021 and will add the 24th M-code-capable vehicle.