SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Secretive X-37B Space Plane
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A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the X-37B space plane for the U.S. Space Force on Dec. 28, 2023 at 8:07 p.m. EST (0107 GMT Dec. 28). Full Story: https://www.space.com/spacex-falcon-h…
“The X-37B is a spaceplane that has launched several classified long-duration missions in space, but it is unclear why it is launching on the more massive Falcon Heavy as opposed to the workhorse Falcon 9 that SpaceX has launched it on before,” according to Space.com. Broadcast courtesy SpaceX:
SpaceX will launch the X-37B space plane to a currently unknown orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF-52). This flight will mark the seventh overall launch and fourth for this vehicle (Vehicle 2), and will be launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. Following launch, both side boosters will be recovered downrange and the center core will be expended, in the video published on Dec 28, 2023, by SpaceX[LIVE], as “SpaceX USSF-52 Mission Launch! Elon Musk gives update on Starship!“, below:
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the U.S. military’s secretive X-37B spaceplane. Liftoff from historic launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 8:07 p.m. EST (0107 UTC) on Thursday, December 28, 2023. It will be the fifth Falcon Heavy launch this year. The twin side boosters will return to land at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about eight and a half minutes into flight. Our live coverage from Cape Canaveral, with commentary by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about 90 minutes prior to launch, in the video published on Dec 28, 2023, by Spaceflight Now, as “Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches secretive X-37B military“, below:
SpaceX USSF-52 Mission was a success as the Falcon Heavy rocket was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday night, in the video published on Dec 28, 2023, by FOX 35 Orlando, as “WATCH: SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket for USSF-52 Mission“, below:
SpaceX’s fifth Falcon Heavy of the year is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying the US Space Force X-37B spaceplane, in the video published on Dec 28, 2023, by NASASpaceflight, as “SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy for the US-52/X-37B Spaceplane“, below:
SpaceX will launch the X-37B space plane to a currently unknown orbit for the United States Space Force (USSF-52). This flight will mark the seventh overall launch and fourth for this vehicle (Vehicle 2), and will be launched atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy. Following launch, both side boosters will be recovered downrange and the center core will be expended, in the video published on Dec 28, 2023, by SpaceX[LIVE], as “SpaceX Starship & Falcon Heavy Launch! Elon Musk gives update on Starship“, below:
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