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SpaceX GPS III SV08

On Friday May 30, 2025, SpaceX launched the GPS III SV08 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Description generated from the Launch Library 2 A...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral

Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS III-7 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 1:37 p.m. EDT...

🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches GPS III SV08

GPS III SV08, originally scheduled to launch on a ULA Vulcan rocket, was reassigned to the Falcon 9. As a result, GPS IIIF-1, originally planned to launch on a Falcon Heavy, will now launch on Vulcan....

GPS III-7 Mission

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GPS III SV08

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 50%
B1092 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

Eighth of ten GPS III missions.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • May 31, 2025, 1:44 a.m.

Launch success. (Launch time per https://bsky.app/profile/rocketksc.bsky.social/post/3lqfrllsic22j)


Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2025, 7:08 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2025, 5:38 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • May 30, 2025, 5:18 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • May 30, 2025, 5:05 p.m.

Updating launch weather.


Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
    ―
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
    ―
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Booster Info


B1092

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: February 27, 2025
Last Flight: May 30, 2025
Flights: 4
Landings Attempted: 4
Landings Successful: 4
Previous B1092 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 1st stage B1092 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 4th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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