In the United States set a launch date for the next GPS satellite

The launch of the GPS III 03 satellite from the cosmodrome at Cape Canaveral in Florida is scheduled for June 30, the press service of SpaceX reports. The launch vehicle of SpaceX Falcon 9 will be used to launch the satellite. It is noted that the rocket with the satellite was installed on the launch pad and underwent pre-launch fire tests. The satellite to be launched relates to block III of the GPS navigation system. The first satellite of this unit was launched in 2018, the launch of the tenth and last satellite is scheduled for 2023. The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the Starlink system satellite package was scheduled for June 26 in SpaceX. The launch was postponed for technical reasons, it is expected that it will take place after the launch of the launch vehicle with a GPS satellite. As previously reported by the news agency, on June 23, China launched the last of the satellites of the Beidou navigation system, which is an analogue of the American GPS and the Russian GLONASS.