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9 Merlin 1D engines generate
tremendous exhaust from 1.7 million pounds of liftoff thrust as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars off Space
Launch Complex-40 at 4:10 p.m. ET June 30, 2020 for
successful delivery of Lockheed Martin built GPS III
Space Vehicle 03 navigation satellite to medium
Earth orbit for US Space Force from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, FL. Credit: Ken
Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com |
30 Jun 2020
Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com
& RocketSTEM
CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL – A brand new SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the third in the advanced new series of Global Positioning Systems III (GPS III) navigation
satellites for the U.S. military and the new U.S. Space Force and delivered it to
its intended medium Earth orbit (MEO) this afternoon, Tuesday, June 30 from the
Florida Space Coast – but only after the weather improved and upper altitude
winds relented just enough to allow for the beautiful event at the last
possible moment of the window.
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