WASHINGTON — The U. S. Space Force has reassigned another GPS satellite launch from United Launch Alliance to SpaceX, marking the fourth consecutive shift of a Global Positioning System mission between the two providers.
The change affects the GPS III SV-10 satellite, which had been slated to launch on ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket. The mission is now scheduled to fly no earlier than late April aboard a SpaceX rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
In a March 20 statement, the Space Systems Command said the reassignment stems from an ongoing pause in Vulcan operations following a solid rocket booster anomaly observed during the Feb. 12 USSF-87 mission.
