On Tuesday, April 21 at 2:53 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the GPS III-8 mission to medium-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the seventh flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched six Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship, which was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.