Author Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 : GPS III-3 : Cape Canaveral : June 30, 2020 (Read 142097 times)

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #280 on:** 07/02/2020 11:01 am »

https://twitter.com/booster_buddies/status/1278608157900750848

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The @SpaceX fairing made their way back to @PortCanaveral and are in perfect shape it seems.
The teams are getting good at this.
The booster from the GPS-III mission will head into port tomorrow during the daytime.

https://twitter.com/booster_buddies/status/1278625549145997312

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The twins seem to be having some either cargo or maybe the parachutes off loaded.

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #281 on:** 07/02/2020 12:26 pm »

First time doing remotes, wow.

https://twitter.com/stevenmadow/status/1278486299628965890

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Beautiful @SpaceX launch yesterday. First time setting up remotes on the pad 😎

Nice job @elonmusk and team! 🚀🚀

instagram.com/stevenmadow

AAPSkylab · « **Reply #282 on:** 07/02/2020 12:58 pm »

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The twins seem to be having some either cargo or maybe the parachutes off loaded.

Sound deadening panels from inside of the fairings?

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #283 on:** 07/02/2020 04:01 pm »

https://twitter.com/considercosmos/status/1278699644118278145

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The beauty of rockets in flight 🚀📽️

Telescope tracking cam delivered during @SpaceX @SpaceForceDoD #GPSIII. At 0:50 we can even see Falcon 9's vapor cone as it goes super sonic!

Special thanks to the scope crew @Erdayastronaut @astroferg and @OPT_Telescopes BTS on channel soon

ugordan · « **Reply #284 on:** 07/02/2020 04:07 pm »

Check out how the rarefaction phase of the exhaust shockwaves momentarily condensed out water vapor in this video:

Seen by 3 different cameras at 1:00, 2:04 and 3:16 into the video.

Vettedrmr · « **Reply #285 on:** 07/02/2020 04:17 pm »

It just doesn't get old!

Lewis007 · « **Reply #286 on:** 07/03/2020 04:30 am »

https://twitter.com/ken_kremer/status/1278765114301218816

FutureSpaceTourist · « **Reply #287 on:** 07/03/2020 10:28 am »

Nice launch shot with 39A

https://twitter.com/zshauladventure/status/1278451327866220544

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Great day at the Canaveral National seashore.
@NatlParkService had there people out keeping everyone at a safe distance as @SpaceForceDoD
Launched GPS-III SV03 from a #SpaceX #Falcon9

Targeteer · « **Reply #288 on:** 07/03/2020 09:13 pm »

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2020-06-30-Third-Lockheed-Martin-Built-GPS-III-Satellite-Now-Climbing-To-Orbit-On-Its-Own-Power

DENVER, June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- After a successful launch this afternoon, the third Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built GPS III satellite is now headed to orbit under its own propulsion. The satellite has separated from its rocket and is using onboard power to climb to its operational orbit, approximately 12,550 miles above the Earth.

GPS III Space Vehicle 03 (GPS III SV03) is responding to commands from U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin engineers in the Launch & Checkout Center at the company's Denver facility. There, they declared rocket booster separation and satellite control about 90 minutes after the satellite's 4:10 p.m. EST launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

"In the coming days, GPS III SV03's onboard liquid apogee engines will continue to propel the satellite towards its operational orbit," said Tonya Ladwig, Lockheed Martin's Acting Vice President for Navigation Systems. "Once it arrives, we'll send the satellite commands to deploy its solar arrays and antennas, and prepare the satellite for handover to Space Operations Command."

After on-orbit testing, GPS III SV03 is expected to join the GPS constellation – including GPS III SV01 and SV02, which were declared operational in January and April – in providing positioning, navigation and timing signals for more than four billion military, civil and commercial users.

Lockheed Martin designed GPS III to help the Space Force modernize the GPS constellation with new technology and capabilities. The new GPS IIIs provide three times better accuracy and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities over any previous GPS satellite. They also offer a new L1C civil signal, which is compatible with other international global navigation satellite systems, like Europe's Galileo, to improve civilian user connectivity.

GPS III also continues the Space Force's plan to field M-Code, a more-secure, harder-to-jam and spoof GPS signal for our military forces. GPS III SV03 brings the number of M-Code enabled satellites to 22 in the 31-satellite GPS constellation.

"As a nation, we use GPS signals every day -- they time-stamp all our financial transactions, they make aviation safe, they make precision farming possible, and so much more. GPS has become a critical part of our national infrastructure. In fact, the U.S. economic benefit of GPS is estimated to be over $300 billion per year and $1.4 trillion since its inception," added Ladwig. "Continued investment in modernizing GPS – updating technology, improving its capabilities – is well worth it."

Lockheed Martin is proud to be a part of the GPS III team led by the Space Production Corps Medium Earth Orbit Division, at the Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base. The GPS Operational Control Segment sustainment is managed by the Enterprise Corps, GPS Sustainment Division at Peterson Air Force Base. The 2nd Space Operations Squadron, at Schriever Air Force Base, manages and operates the GPS constellation for both civil and military users.

For additional GPS III information, photos and video visit: www.lockheedmartin.com/gps.