Lofted the GPS III SV09 navigation satellite, nicknamed Ellison Onizuka, to medium Earth orbit for the U.S. Space Force from Cape Canaveral. The Lockheed Martin-built, jam-resistant M-Code satellite was reassigned from ULA's Vulcan and integrated for launch in just 41 days.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- MEO
- Medium Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 4 T
- Flight
- 536th
- of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights
- Date and time
- 28 January 2026, 04:53 UTC
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Navigation
- International designator
- 2026-017
- Launches in 2026
- 20th of 243
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