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Launch Date
1/12/2023
Launch Site
KSC LC39A
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Launch Vehicle
Falcon Heavy (Falcon Heavy Family)
SpaceX was awarded a $316,000,000 Phase 2 contract to launch USSF-67, a mission scheduled for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022.
SpaceX received a $316,000,000 contract to launch USSF-67 in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022.
USSF-67 is a classified national security mission to geostationary Earth orbit that Space Systems Command awarded to SpaceX under a $332,000,000 contract.
LDPE-3A is scheduled to launch with the USSF-67 mission in 2023 on a Falcon Heavy.
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.
SpaceX received a $316,000,000 contract in August 2020 to launch USSF-67.
SpaceX is aiming to launch Falcon Heavy mission USSF-67 on 2023-01-12 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX launched the U.S. Space Force’s USSF-67 mission from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A on 2023-01-15 aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off on 2023-01-15 at 5:56 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the U.S. Space Force USSF-67 mission to geostationary Earth orbit.
The side boosters used on USSF-67 were the same boosters used for USSF-44, which launched from the Eastern Range on 2022-11-01.
SpaceX received a $316,000,000 contract in August 2020 to launch USSF-67.
The Falcon Heavy side boosters that supported the Jupiter-3 mission had previously flown on the USSF-44 mission in November and the USSF-67 mission earlier in 2023.
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.
The Falcon Heavy first-stage boosters supporting the Europa Clipper launch flew their sixth and final mission on 2024-10-14 after previously launching NASA’s Psyche, USSF-44, USSF-52, USSF-67, and Hughes JUPITER 3.