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Falcon 9

SpaceX launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral

November 6, 2020 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from Cape Canaveral with the U.S. Space Force’s newest third-generation Global Positioning System navigation satellite, helping clear the way for the launch of SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon astronaut mission later this month.

Falcon 9

Live coverage: SpaceX launches GPS satellite

November 5, 2020 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:24 p.m. EST (2324 GMT) Thursday with the U.S. military’s next GPS navigation satellite. The mission was delayed more than a month after a previous countdown was aborted seconds before liftoff.

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SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 rocket before GPS launch

October 31, 2020 Stephen Clark

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on Saturday in a pre-flight checkout designed to verify the launcher’s engines are ready to loft a U.S. military GPS navigation satellite into orbit Nov. 5. An engine problem forced SpaceX to abort a launch attempt in early October.

News Headlines

  • Virgin Orbit pauses operations amid financial troubles
    March 20, 2023
  • SpaceX completes launch doubleheader with sunset liftoff from Cape Canaveral
    March 17, 2023
  • Live coverage: SpaceX launches 52 Starlink satellites from California
    March 17, 2023
  • Rocket Lab deploys two Capella radar satellites after launch from Virginia
    March 16, 2023
  • SES to complete C-band clearing program with SpaceX dual-satellite launch
    March 16, 2023
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