GPS III SV09

Name: GPS III SV09 launch
Start: 2026-01-28T04:53:16Z
End: 2026-01-28T04:53:16Z
Location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceXSpace Launch Complex 40

Wednesday, January 28, 2026 · 04:53 AM UTC

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Mission brief

The mission

Ninth of ten GPS III missions.

PayloadGPS III SV09

OrbitMEO

CustomerGlobal Positioning System

Stages2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, temperature not reported

Flight plan

Mission timeline

20 / 20100%

The range

Where it leaves Earth

Launch site

Ground vector

Site locked

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Global range

Latitude: 28.562°N
Longitude: 80.577°W

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Range weather

Launch commit criteria

99%

FavorableNo active constraints

Weather rules

Clear — no formal weather rule concerns published.

Primary concern: None published
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

04:38 AM UTC – 04:53 AM UTC

Hardware

Vehicle & provider

Vehicle

Falcon 9 Block 5

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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fif...

Height70 m

LEO Payload22,800 kg

Launches705

Successes690

Provider

SpaceX

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USA • Founded 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Reliability

Schedule history

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.