UPDATED 2:01 PM ET May. 30, 2025 PUBLISHED 11:13 AM ET May 30, 2025 PUBLISHED 11:13 AM EDT May 30, 2025 SHARE CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — Despite potential thunderstorms Friday afternoon, SpaceX successfully launched a U.S.-military GPS satellite. What You Need To Know The U.S. military GPS satellite took off from Space Launch Complex 40 The satellite is also nicknamed in honor of Creola Katherine Johnson, the famed mathematician who is known for her calculations of orbital mechanics — SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 30, 2025 The 45th Weather Squadron only gave a 45% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the concerns being the cumulus cloud and surface electric fields rules. “Typical summertime afternoon thunderstorms, some potentially severe, are possible through Friday. Over the past few days, isolated towering cumulus clouds have rapidly developed near the coast with sea breeze initiation in the late morning hours, while deep convection has held off until around the time of this launch window,” the squadron stated. Going into the friendly skies This was the Falcon’s first-stage booster’s fourth mission. Booster B1092 has only three launches under its belt.