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SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force

By Rachel Jewett

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

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SpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force

SpaceX lands both Falcon Heavy side boosters in the USSF-44 mission on Nov. 1, 2022. YouTube screenshot via SpaceX

SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years. The Falcon Heavy took off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:41 a.m. ET carrying multiple satellites on the classified USSF-44 mission. Heavy fog in Cape Canaveral obscured views of the massive rocket lifting off on the SpaceX webcast. The rocket is the most powerful rocket in operation, equipped with 28…

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