USSF-15 (GPS IIIF-3)

Liftoff Time

No Earlier Than 2028

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Mission Details

GPS IIIF-3

GPS IIIF (Global Positioning System) is the second evolution stage of the third generation of GPS satellites. The U.S. Air Force announced in September 2018 that a team led by Lockheed Martin won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (Navstar) Space System program, known as GPS IIIF. The satellites will be based on Lockheed Martin's LM2100M bus. These satellites are redesigned to be serviceable in orbit so they can be upgraded with new hardware.

Medium Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Rocket

Active
Falcon Heavy

Active Since 2018

SpaceX logo

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$97.00 million

Rocket

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 63,800 kg

GTO: 26,700 kg

Liftoff Thrust

22,819 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LC-39A

Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

5 days 6 hours