SpaceX GPS III Space Vehicle 06 Launch

SpaceX plans to launch Global Positioning System satellite GPS III Space Vehicle 06 on 2023-01-18 at 12:00 UTC. This will be the second flight of Falcon 9 booster B1077 with a turn-around time of 105 days since its last flight. The launch will be from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage booster will land downrange on the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas. Weather is currently forecast as 90% favourable for launch.

The satellite will be placed in the standard 20,180 km circular medium-Earth orbit. Payload mass is 3880 kg.

Here is a pre-launch preview from Everyday Astronaut.

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