SpaceX launches Air Force's newest GPS satellite
July 1, 2020
SpaceX launched the military's newest, most accurate GPS satellite Tuesday after a two-month delay due to the pandemic.
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying the GPS satellite to orbit. The brand new first-stage booster landed on an ocean platform several minutes later, to be recycled for future use.
The launch originally was scheduled for April, but the newly organized U.S. Space Force delayed it to keep staff healthy and safe during the coronavirus outbreak.
This is the third in the most advanced line of GPS satellites, and joins a constellat...
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