SpaceX's fifth-ever Falcon Heavy launch carried the U.S. Space Force's first mission of the year to orbit.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy, which was recently overtaken by NASA's Space Launch System as the world's most powerful operational rocket, performed its fifth launch over the weekend.
The massive rocket, composed of three modified Falcon 9 rockets strapped together, launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, January 15. It took to the skies at 5:56 pm EST , taking with it a classified payload for a U.S. Space Force missionWhile we can't know much about the payloads Falcon Heavy sent to orbit due to the sensitive nature of the mission, SpaceX has provided some impressive imagery of the launch.The little we do know about U.S.
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