Launch success.
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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Ninth of ten GPS III missions.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Destination orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- Global Positioning System
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 5th flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 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.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
15.266666666666667 minute windowPublished target
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Target ·
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Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T+00:01:12
Max-Q
- T+00:02:29
MECO
- T+00:02:32
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:40
SES-1
- T+00:03:29
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:10
Entry Burn Startup
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- T+00:06:39
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:05
SECO-1
- T+00:08:10
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:34
Stage 1 Landing
- T+01:03:30
SES-2
- T+01:04:18
SECO-2
- T+01:29:19
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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