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U. S. Space Force Field Commands successfully launch GPS III Space Vehicle 09 into orbit

In a screen shot from the second stage onboard camera, the Lockheed Martin-built Global Positioning System (GPS)III-9 SV09, named in honor of NASA astronaut Col. Ellison Onizuka, is successfully deployed over the Pacific Ocean west of Mexico one hour and 29 mins after liftoff on Jan. 27 at 11:53 p.m. EST (8:53 p.m. PST) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. (Image credit: SpaceX)

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