SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Classified Mission for US Space Force Written 16 January 2023
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Sunday, January 15, at 5:56 p.m. EST, kicking off a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force called USSF-67. | Credit: SpaceX; YouTube; framegrab
Fox Business reports SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket “lifted off for the first time this year on Sunday” at 5:56 p.m. ET, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, called USSF-67, delivered “a classified military payload to orbit for the United States Space Force.” Approximately eight minutes after launch, the rocket’s “two side boosters disconnected and landed simultaneously at Cape Canaveral’s Landing Zones 1 and 2,” marking “the 163rd and 164th successful landings of an orbital-class rocket.” The mission also marked the fifth successful flight for SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket.
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Sunday, January 15, at 5:56 p.m. EST
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