SMC and its Partners Poised to Launch Fourth GPS III Satellite
A Falcon 9 with GPS III SV 04 encapsulated inside the payload fairing the stands vertical on the pad at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 in preparation for its Sept. 30 launch. The satellite will augment the current GPS constellation comprised of 31 operational spacecraft in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). (Photo courtesy of SpaceX)
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