Enlarge imageSpaceX has shared this beautiful view of the Falcon 9 that will take the Space Force’s GPS satellite into orbit.
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SpaceX and U.S. Space Force Meeting with celebrities. Elon Musk’s company is preparing to launch a military GPS satellite from Florida on Friday. This follows a Space Force Falcon 9 launches in June. The launch is scheduled for a 15-minute window that opens at 6:43 p.m. with PT The weather forecast is 70% favorable for a liftoff.
SpaceX is hosting a live stream of launches. The company will try to land the first phase of the Falcon 9 on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft is to be deployed about 90 minutes after the lift off.
The new branch of the military is the U.S. GPS powered by Space Force III Space Vehicle (SV) 04 is equipped with GPS. Is the fourth in a series of satellites. It will join a large satellite constellation already in orbit.
It’s been a busy week for rocket launches that haven’t really started. SpaceX was set to launch a new batch of Starlink communications satellites into orbit on the Falcon 9 on Thursday, but it The launch was scrubbed and will be rebuilt. The United Launch Alliance also intended to send a Delta IV heavy rocket Wednesday with a classified spy satellite, but a The most recent attempt at a technical problem stopped.
The Falcon 9 and GPS III-4ical on the Pad 40 in Flokida. The 15-minute launch window opens tonight at 9:43 p.m. EDT. Weather forecast 70% favorable for liftoff → https://t.co/bJFjLCzWdK pic.twitter.com/x34amrWoRt
– SpaceX (SpaceX) October 2, 2020
Postponed Starlink launch in conjunction with the Space Force mission created for the Nifty photo opportunity. Shared by SpaceX a Check out the two Falcon 9s on their separate launch pads on Twitter earlier this week.
Thursday, October 1 at 9:17 a.m. ETT for Starlink launch. Due to the conflict on the range, now on Friday, October 2, GPS. III-4 is targeted to launch; The 15-minute window will open at 9:43 p.m. EDT pic.twitter.com/VVhhatjBbh
– SpaceX (SpaceX) September 30, 2020
We will see if SpaceX can take the GPS mission into orbit as planned. As we saw this week, delays are common.
