SpaceX will launch an advanced GPS satellite for the US Space Force tonight. Here's how to watch.
By Amy Thompson 5 hours ago
Liftoff is set for 9:43 p.m. EDT (0143 GMT).
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (left) carrying the GPS III SV04 navigation satellite for the U.S. military
stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Another
Falcon 9 carrying 60 Starlink internet satellites can be seen in the background at right at NASA's
Pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center. (Image credit: SpaceX)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an upgraded global positioning satellite (GPS) into orbit for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 30) and you can watch it live online.
The flight — the 17th launch this year for SpaceX and its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket — is scheduled to blast off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 9:55 p.m. (2155 GMT). The rocket is carrying the GPS III SV04 satellite for the Space Force.
You can watch the launch live here and on the Space.com homepage, courtesy of SpaceX, beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff. You'll also be able to watch the launch directly from SpaceX here.
If all goes as planned today, this will be the fourth launch of an upgraded next-generation GPS III satellite. Two have launched on different Falcon 9 rockets, the first launched in December 2018 and the third on June 30 of this year. The second GPS II satellite launched atop the very last Delta IV Medium rocket in August 2019. SpaceX has also secured the next few launches after this one as the military works to upgrade the aging network.
More:
https://www.space.com/spacex-gps-satellite-sv04-launch-webcast?utm_source=notification