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Launch Date
12/11/2023
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon Heavy (Falcon Heavy Family)
USSF-52 includes an unclassified experiment called NASA’s Seeds-2 project to test the effects of radiation and long-duration spaceflight on plant seeds.
USSF-52 includes an unclassified experiment, NASA’s Seeds-2 project, to test the effects of radiation and long-duration spaceflight on plant seeds.
USSF-52 will carry an unclassified experiment called NASA’s Seeds-2 project to test the effects of radiation and long-duration spaceflight on plant seeds.
The Space Force postponed USSF-44 and USSF-52 from 2021 to 2022 due to payload readiness and range scheduling issues.
Launch Complex 39A is also used for Falcon Heavy launches that include the USSF-67 and USSF-52 missions for the U.S. Space Force, currently scheduled for early 2023 after extended delays.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a national security mission to geostationary Earth orbit on 2023-01-15 that carried three payloads developed by the Space Rapid Capabilities Office.
SpaceX is projected to use a Falcon Heavy to launch the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-52 mission in July 2023.
SpaceX’s upcoming NSSL missions include USSF-52, which was awarded in 2018 and is not part of Phase 2.
SpaceX was awarded a $130,000,000 contract in June 2018 to launch USSF-52.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy was selected in June 2018 to launch USSF-52, making it the first Falcon Heavy on contract for a National Security Space Launch mission.
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 Tuesday, 2023-12-12.
SpaceX offered a backup launch opportunity for the USSF-52 Falcon Heavy launch during the same time on Monday, 2023-12-11.
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.
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.
The Falcon Heavy launch window for USSF-52 on 2023-12-28 opens at 7:00 p.m. ET and lasts four hours.
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.
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.
The pair of Falcon Heavy side boosters used on USSF-52 completed their fifth launch and landing together after previously supporting USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPTER 3, and NASA’s Psyche mission.