Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV01

Liftoff Time
December 23, 2018 – 13:51 UTC
December 23, 2018 – 08:51 EST
Mission Name
GPS III SV01 (Vespucci)
Launch Provider
(What rocket company launched it?)
SpaceX
Customer
(Who paid for this?)
USAF
Rocket
Falcon 9 B1054-1; N/A-day turnaround
Launch Location
Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payload mass
4,400 kg (9,700 lb)
Where did the satellites go?
Medium-Earth Orbit
Where did the first stage land?
B1054 was expended
Did they attempt to recover the fairings?
The fairing halves were recovered by GO Pursuit
This was the
– 67th Falcon 9 mission
– 21st SpaceX launch of 2018
– 40th SpaceX launch from SLC-40

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