The heaviest rocket of SpaceX, Falcon Heavy, has successfully completed a secret mission for the US Space Force.
Falcon Heavy Consists of Three Modified Falcon 9 First Stages
This was the fifth launch of Falcon Heavy, which lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday at 5:56 PM local time. The mission, designated as USSF-67, was classified and its details have not been made public.
Falcon Heavy is composed of three modified first stages of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which are designed for reusable use. Two of the rocket’s boosters successfully returned to Earth: the side boosters landed safely on a space force station on the Cape Canaveral peninsula eight minutes after launch. This was the second landing for each of them. The central booster was new and as planned, it fell into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after launch, having used too much fuel to return to base.
Main Payload: Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS-2)
The main payload of the USSF-67 mission is the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS-2), which was deployed to a geostationary orbit at an altitude of around 35,700 kilometers above Earth.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Falcon Heavy is a heavy-lift rocket developed by SpaceX, composed of three modified first stages of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which are designed for reusable use.
As of my knowledge cut off on 2021, the Falcon Heavy has had five launches.
The fifth launch of Falcon Heavy was a secret mission designated as USSF-67, its details have not been made public.
The main payload of the USSF-67 mission was the Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2 (CBAS-2), which was deployed to a geostationary orbit at an altitude of around 35,700 kilometers above Earth.
Two of the rocket’s boosters successfully returned to Earth: the side boosters landed safely on a space force station on the Cape Canaveral peninsula eight minutes after launch.
