SpaceX Powers Its Second GPS III Launch Atop Brand New Falcon 9 Booster

SpaceX Powers Its Second GPS III Launch Atop Brand New Falcon 9 Booster

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https://wccftech.com/spacex-gps-3-launch-falcon-9/

The GPS III SVO3 payload on top of the Falcon 9 Block 5 B1060 booster launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today. (Image Credit: SpaceX)

Hawthorne, California-based astronautic launch services provider Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully launched the United States Air Force's (USAF) third global positioning satellite (GPS III) beyond earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida today. The launch is part of a contract roughly valued at $90 million that was awarded by the USAF to SpaceX in 2017 for launching a GPS-III satellite into medium earth orbit (MEO).