GPS IIIF SV03 (USSF-15)

Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 41 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Third GPS IIIF (GPS III Follow-on) mission

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 13, 2026, 11:58 p.m.

Launch vehicle switched from Falcon to Vulcan.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 10, 2025, 6:09 a.m.

Updated launch vehicle configuration.



Vulcan

Family:
Configuration: Vulcan

Vulcan

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
  • Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.4 m
  • Launch Mass
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Vulcan
  • Family
  • Variant
    Vulcan
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Vulcan
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

United Launch Alliance

United Launch Alliance

(ULA)

Interim CEO: John Elbon Founded: 2006 Successes: 171 Failures: 0 Pending: 40

Agency Type:

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defense, Space & Security. ULA was formed in December 2006 by combining the teams at these companies which provide spacecraft launch services to the government of the United States. ULA launches from both coasts of the US. They launch their Atlas V vehicle from LC-41 in Cape Canaveral and LC-3E at Vandeberg. Their Delta IV launches from LC-37 at Cape Canaveral and LC-6 at Vandenberg.

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