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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches USSF-52 mission into Earth’s orbit
SpaceX today launched the USSF-52 mission into orbit using the super powerful Falcon Heavy rocket.
There have been two delays earlier this month before today’s liftoff from Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This mission was a collaboration between Space System Command (SSC), and SpaceX.
The side boosters used in the mission completed their fifth reusable performance and previously supported major missions including USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPTER 3, and NASA’s Psyche missions.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/wTmY1h7ogp
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2023
Post-hot-staging, the side boosters landed back on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/wTmY1h7ogp
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 29, 2023
The payload of this missing includes a military space plan alongside NASA’s experimental technology. The deployment time is not yet confirmed.