Status
Success
GPS III-6
Launch Time
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:24 UTC
Wed Jan 18, 2023 12:24 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
B1077
Flight #2
A Shortfall of Gravitas
105 day turnaround
176th Falcon recovery attempt
164th successful Falcon recovery attempt
91st consecutive successful Falcon recovery
Mission Details
GPS III SV06
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: 4,352 kg
Medium Earth Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
2023
11th orbital launch attempt
SpaceX
208th mission
4th mission of 2023
202nd successful mission
174th consecutive successful mission
Falcon 9
198th mission
3rd mission of 2023
195th successful mission
169th consecutive successful mission