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Checkout the side boosters landing from SpaceX Falcon Heavy USSF-52 mission [Video]
Space industry giant SpaceX today released the newest ride of its powerful Falcon Heavy space rocket carrying the USSF-52 mission to orbit.
The launch took place from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The two boosters on the side were previously used for USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPTER 3, and NASA’s Psyche missions.
Both of the boosters land back on SpaceX’s landing zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida after 8:20 minutes of the liftoff.
Falcon Heavy consists of three reusable Falcon 9 rockets, each of which has nine-engine cores. It combines a total of 27 Merlin engines to produce over 5 million pounds of thrust to send this vehicle into the air.
The first stage contains liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellant. These rockets have 4 rocket legs on each booster made with aluminum honeycomb. Also, the grid fins help to navigate the booster back to its position at the landing site.
Check the video below for the amazing landing of both side boosters from the SpaceX Falcon Heavy USSF-52 mission.
Falcon Heavy’s side boosters have landed pic.twitter.com/U7AkELZxoI
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2023