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SpaceX’s powerful falcon heavy rocket lofts secretive US military spaceplane into orbit
30Dec By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX’s powerful falcon heavy rocket lofts secretive US military spaceplane into orbit

[ad_1] SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket lofted a secretive space plane for the US Space Force on Thursday evening from Florida, the first time the rocket was used to send the Boeing Co.-built experimental spacecraft to orbit.The launch, which lifted off at 8:07 p.m. local time, marked the start of the seventh mission for the Space Force's secretive spaceplane, the X-37B. Shaped like a mini-space shuttle, the X-37B is an uncrewed and reusable experimental test platform that the Defense Department deploys in orbit, sometimes for years at a time. Prior to launch, which took place Thursday after several earlier delays, the X-37B's most recent mission launched in May 2020, spending a record-setting 908 days in orbit. The vehicle's mission came to an end in November 2022, with the X-37B ...
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SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket for first time in three years
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket for first time in three years

[ad_1] SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida Tuesday, the first flight since 2019 of the world's most powerful rocket. SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida Tuesday, the first flight since 2019 of the world's most powerful rocket. Mission USSF-44, transporting cargo for the US Space Force, including the TETRA 1 satellite, blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center around 9:40 am (1340 GMT). Several minutes later, the rocket's two side boosters made their way back to Earth -- the craft's main stage will never be recovered. Falcon Heavy was launched for the first time as part of a test in 2018, carrying SpaceX boss' Elon Musk's own Tesla car. Tuesday's flight was Falcon Heavy's third operational commercial flight, and the first since June 2019. The ...
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SpaceX nails Falcon Heavy rocket landing after foggy military launch
2Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX nails Falcon Heavy rocket landing after foggy military launch

[ad_1] SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years Tuesday. SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years Tuesday, hoisting satellites for the military and then nailing side-by-side booster landings back near the pad. Thick fog shrouded NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the rocket blasted off at midmorning. The crowd at the launch site couldn't even see the pad three miles (5 kilometers) away, but heard the roar of the 27 first-stage engines. Both side boosters peeled away two minutes after liftoff, flew back to Cape Canaveral, and landed alongside one another, just a few seconds apart. The core stage was discarded at sea, its entire energy needed to get the Space Force's satellites to their intend...
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SpaceX Set to Launch Falcon Heavy on Classified US Space Force Mission
1Nov By adminNo Comments
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SpaceX Set to Launch Falcon Heavy on Classified US Space Force Mission

[ad_1] The big rocket is back after a 40-month hiatus but with far fewer customers than the popular Falcon 9. SpaceX is set to launch its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on a classified mission for the US Space Force, marking the return of the rocket after a more than 3-year hiatus. The launch is scheduled for as early as 9:41 am local time on Tuesday. The flight will be just the fourth launch of the Falcon Heavy since its debut in February 2018, a relatively infrequent launch cadence for a vehicle that has been hailed as the most powerful rocket now in operation. When Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., first announced plans to create the rocket in 2011, it was touted as a new and powerful option for customers in need of launching ...
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