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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches After Three-Year Hiatus
- Carries classified payload into orbit for US Space Force
- The big rocket serves mostly military and NASA missions
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket following launch, as part of the USSF 44 mission, on Nov. 1.
Source: SpaceX
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SpaceX’s powerful Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, lofting classified payloads for the US Space Force. The launch returned the Falcon Heavy to flight after a more than three-year hiatus.
The rocket lifted off in dense fog at 9:41 a.m. local time. It is part of a mission called USSF 44 and is the first operational national security space mission for the Falcon Heavy.