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SpaceX will launch an advanced, jam-resistant GPS satellite for the U.S. Space Force from Florida tonight (Jan. 26), and you can watch the action live.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite late Jan. 27, continuing a string of national security missions reassigned from United Launch Alliance as the Space Force moves to accelerate deployment of the constellation.

The rollout on Saturday, Jan. 17, of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is a crucial step signaling that NASA is in the final stretches to get its first crewed lunar mission in five decades off the ground. That mission, known as Artemis 2, will send three Americans and one Canadian on a 10-day trip around the moon.

NASA has officially started the clock on one of the most important milestones remaining before the Artemis 2 mission.

It's been a big week for humanoid robots with a first-ever humanoid to directly connect to a low-Earth orbit satellite and prep for launch.

The Pentagon for decades has treated launch as the central logistical problem of military space. Once a satellite reaches orbit, it is expected to operate with the fuel it carries from Earth until it fails or runs dry.

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