SpaceX prepares Falcon Heavy for launch from Florida’s Space Coast

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX announced that is targeting mid-January for a Falcon Heavy rocket launch of the USSF 67 mission for the U.S. Space Force.

After the Twitter announcement on Tuesday that the full-duration static fire of Falcon Heavy was complete, SpaceX said the rocket will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center no earlier than Jan. 14.

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Kennedy Space Center said the mission will launch the Space Force’s second Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM – or CBAS 2 – communications satellite, and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA 3A – or LDPE 3A – rideshare satellite hosting multiple experimental payloads.

Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on landing zone 1 and landing zone 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and the core stage will be expended, according to KSC. During the double landing, you may be able to hear a double sonic boom from the booster’s reentry.

ClickOrlando will stream the launch live when it happens.

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