Gps Iii Satellite Launch Schedule

Undergoing thermal vacuum testing in december 2018.

Gps iii satellite launch schedule.

Los angeles air force base calif. Sv04 is the fourth gps iii satellite to launch and the third to launch on a falcon 9 excluding one spacecraft which launched on the final flight of the delta iv medium rocket. The impact to cost and launch schedule was minimal. Hopes of seeing four falcon 9 rockets launch within a single calendar month have evaporated following spacex s decision to postpone its starlink blacksky rideshare flight by a few days this puts a high profile air force mission to launch the third global positioning system gps block iii timing and navigation satellite in pole position to wrap up an action packed june.

The tenth and final gps block iii launch is projected in q2 2023. Launch services for sv04 through sv06 were to be. The request for proposal rfp for launch services was published in june 2017 and proposals were due in august 2017. Falcon 9 block 5.

The first satellite in the series was launched in december 2018. Gps iii sv04 77 space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded january 2012. Gps iii sv03 is now ready to be rolled out to its pad at space launch complex 40 where it will be mated with the spacex falcon 9 rocket. The rocket was supposed to blast off from space launch complex 40 at cape canaveral air force station in florida at 9 43 p m.

Sending into orbit the gps iii sv04 satellite for the space force. Lockheed martin s gps iii satellites will have three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti jamming capabilities. Lockheed martin designed developed and manufactured the gps iii non flight satellite testbed gnst and all ten block iii satellites. October 3 2020 spacex aborts liftoff of gps satellite continuing streak of launch scrubs falcon 9 october 3 2020 antares rocket takes aim on space station with zero gravity toilet.

Date rocket launch site satellite svn remarks 2 3 october 2020 utc. The 15 minute launch window opens at 3 55 p m. The first most powerful global positioning system gps satellite ever designed and built for the u s. The launch today will add another gps iii satellite to the space force s existing in space gps assets which include three already on orbit with another set to be deployed in 2022.