Launched the U.S. Space Force's sixth GPS III satellite (SV06) toward medium Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral; the booster, previously used on the Crew-5 mission, landed on the droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4.4 T
- Flight
- 140th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 18 January 2023, 12:24 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2023-009
- Launches in 2023
- 11th of 223
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