GPS III SV03 “Columbus” - Falcon 9 (B1060.1) - CCAFS SLC-40 - 30.06.2020, 20:10:46 UTC

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 Spaceflight Now @SpaceflightNow 22 мин. назад

The Space Force has changed the nickname of a GPS satellite launched in June from Columbus to honor Matthew Henson, a Black explorer on the first expedition to the North Pole in 1909, "to acknowledge a fuller history of courageous explorers and pioneers." https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/10/02/space-force-announces-new-nicknames-for-gps-satellites/