Falcon Heavy Family rocket variant.
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The USSF-52 mission was scheduled for 2023-12-10 and would be the first time a Falcon Heavy is used to launch the U.S. military’s X-37B spaceplane.
SpaceX offered a backup launch opportunity for the USSF-52 Falcon Heavy launch during the same time on Monday, 2023-12-11.
SpaceX offered a backup launch opportunity for the USSF-52 Falcon Heavy launch during the same time on Tuesday, 2023-12-12.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Wednesday, 2023-12-13 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Falcon Heavy launch window for USSF-52 on 2023-12-28 opens at 7:00 p.m. ET and lasts four hours.
A Falcon Heavy launch of the U.S. Space Force X-37B spaceplane from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed on 2023-12-11 because of a ground equipment issue and was delayed to no earlier than 2023-12-28 reportedly because of issues with the rocket.
SpaceX targeted no earlier than Wednesday, 2023-12-13 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, 2023-12-28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A planned Falcon Heavy liftoff for USSF-52 on Monday, 2023-12-11 at 8:24 p.m. EST was scrubbed about 30 minutes before the planned liftoff.
Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, 2023-12-28 at 8:07 p.m. ET.
The Falcon Heavy side boosters that supported the USSF-52 launch completed their fifth launch and landing on the 2023-12-28 mission.
SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy carrying the USSF-52 mission from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2023-12-28 at 8:07 p.m. ET.
SpaceX stood down from a Falcon Heavy launch of USSF-52 to perform additional system checkouts prior to the successful 2023-12-28 launch.
SpaceX targeted no earlier than Thursday, 2023-12-28 with a four-hour launch window opening at 7:00 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52, with a backup opportunity on Friday, 2023-12-29 during the same window.
SpaceX performed 91 Falcon 9 launches and five Falcon Heavy launches in 2023.
EchoStar’s Jupiter-3 entered service 2023-12-19, five months after launching on a Falcon Heavy.
The DSOC flight laser transceiver is flying aboard NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, which launched on 2023-10-13.
The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B spaceplane began its seventh mission on 2023-12-28 and that mission launched on a Falcon Heavy into a higher-altitude, highly elliptical, high-inclination orbit than previous missions.
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission has a three-week launch window that opens on 2024-10-10 and requires Launch Complex 39A to support a Falcon Heavy launch.
On September 17, 2023, the FAA announced its intent to fine SpaceX approximately $663,000 for violations related to Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch licenses.