Under the power of nine Merlin engines, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle, lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:09 p.m. EDT (9:09 am. PDT) June 17, carrying the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III Space Vehicle (SV05) into Medium Earth Orbit for the U.S. Space Force. (Courtesy Photo by SpaceX)