Gps Iii Satellite Launch Schedule

The united states space force s space and missile systems center smc has decided to reschedule the launch of gps iii sv03 gps iii 3 from cape canaveral air force station to minimize the potential of covid 19 exposure to the launch crew and early orbit operators.

Gps iii satellite launch schedule.

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 third gps iii satellite is rolled out to cape canaveral s space launch complex 40 launch pad in preparation for its june 30 launch aboard a spacex falcon 9 rocket. Gps block iii previously block iiia consists of the first ten gps iii satellites which will be used to keep the navstar global positioning system operational. With gps iii the next generation of gps satellites being designed and built by lockheed martin signals will be three times more accurate than the current generation.

Date rocket launch site satellite svn remarks 2 3 october 2020 utc. The request for proposal rfp for launch services was published in june 2017 and proposals were due in august 2017. Lockheed martin designed developed and manufactured the gps iii non flight satellite testbed gnst and all ten block iii satellites. Undergoing thermal vacuum testing in december 2018.

The first satellite in the series was launched in december 2018. Spacex aborts launch of gps space force satellite with two seconds to go. Gps iii sv04 77 space vehicle manufacturing contract awarded january 2012. Falcon 9 block 5.

Spacex will launch a falcon 9 rocket from cape canaveral air force station carrying the 4th satellite of the improved gps iii constellation for the usaf. October 3 2020 spacex aborts liftoff of gps satellite continuing streak of launch scrubs falcon 9 october 2 2020 space force announces new nicknames for gps satellites falcon 9. Los angeles air force base calif. Launch services for sv04 through sv06 were to be.