Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV-08

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin. The GPS 3 Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08) is named in honor of mathematician, Katherine Johnson, whose calculations contributed significantly to early human spaceflight. The Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1092, making its fourth flight, landed on the droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.