GPS III - 01 Vespucci
Success
DEC 23201813:51:00 UTCNamed after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Initially planned for a Delta IV launch, this was SpaceX's first launch of an EELV-class payload. There was no attempt to recover the first-stage booster for reuse due to the customer's requirements, including a high inclination orbit of 55.0. Nicknamed Vespucci, the USAF marked the satellite operational on 1 January 2020, under the label SVN 74.
LIFTOFF
DEC 23 201813:51:00 UTC
Success
launched from SLC-40 Canaveral
aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-066 into MEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Booster
B1054
no recovery attempt
Payload
GPS III - 01 (Vespucci)
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