SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully completed another mission on January 15, 2023 at 5:56 PM Eastern Time from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. The rocket is carrying a classified mission for the US Space Force USSF-67 to Earth orbit.
The USSF-67 is the Space Force’s first national security mission of 2023. This is also the Falcon Heavy’s fifth mission since it started in 2018.
The Falcon Heavy’s first stage is made up of three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together, with 27 engines powering the first stage and one engine in the second stage. About two and a half minutes after liftoff, both side boosters separated. The second stage separated from the core stage just over four minutes after liftoff.Â
Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, about eight and a half minutes after liftoff. These landings marked SpaceX’s 163rd and 164th successful booster recoveries. They will be refurbished for future national security space missions.
Relive the moment of the launch here:
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