Status
Success
GPS III-4
Launch Time
Thu Nov 05, 2020 23:24 UTC
Thu Nov 05, 2020 23:24 UTC
Rocket
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $67.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN
Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m
Vehicles
B1062
Flight #1
Of Course I Still Love You
74th Falcon recovery attempt
63rd successful Falcon recovery attempt
14th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
Mission Details
GPS III SV04
GPS Block IIIA consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites, which will be used to keep the Navstar Global Positioning System operational. Lockheed Martin designed, developed and manufactured the GPS III Non-Flight Satellite Testbed (GNST) and all ten Block IIIA satellites.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,880 kg
Medium Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2020
86th orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
106th mission
20th mission of 2020
100th successful mission
72nd consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
98th mission
20th mission of 2020
95th successful mission
69th consecutive successful mission