2020 · SpaceX
GPS III SV03 "Columbus"
successFalcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV03
GPS-IIIA (Global Positioning System) is the first evolution stage of the third generation of the GPS satellites. It consists of the first ten (known as "tranche") of GPS III satellites.
Overview
- Date / time
- June 30, 2020 at 08:10 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Mission
- GPS III SV03 "Columbus"
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit