flown by SpaceX USA

GPS III - 05 Neil Armstrong

Success
JUN 17202116:09:35 UTC

Named 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.

launched from SLC-40 Canaveral

aboard Falcon 9 B5 F9-122 into MEO

Booster

B1062.2

Landed on drone ship · JRTI

Payload

USA-319 / GPS III - 05 (Neil Armstrong)

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