SpaceX launched its mighty FalconHeavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission that deployed two classified satellites for the U.S. Space Force.
Mission USSF-44 got underway from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:41 a.m. ET in what was only the fourth launch for the Falcon Heavy, and its first since 2019.
Around eight minutes after launch, the two side boosters returned as planned, making a perfect touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center a short distance from the launchpad. This was the first launch and landing of these particular boosters, which will be prepared for re-flight on another U.S. Space Force mission later this year. The Falcon Heavy’s core booster was not recovered.
Fog enveloped the Kennedy Space Center at the time of launch on Tuesday morning, but the Falcon Heavy quickly climbed above the clouds as its three boosters and 27 Merlin engines powering the rocket to space.About 90 seconds later, the stream showed stage separation high above Earth.
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