GPS III - 05 Neil Armstrong
Success
JUN 17202116:09:35 UTCNamed after Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the Moon on 20 July 1969.
First National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission to fly on a flight-proven Falcon 9 first stage. Both fairing halves were retrieved from the ocean by contracted recovery vessel Hos Briarwood.
LIFTOFF
JUN 17 202116:09:35 UTC
Success
launched fromSLC-40Canaveral
aboardFalcon 9 B5F9-122intoMEO
Booster
B1062.2
Landed on drone ship · JRTI
Payload
USA-319 / GPS III - 05 (Neil Armstrong)
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