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USSF-44 will be the first Falcon Heavy launch since June 2019 — due to a string of payload delays exacerbated by the pandemic — and it will only be the fourth launch in the rocket's history. The rare launch is worth watching live — thankfully, SpaceX will be streaming the event for all to see., will take a secretive U.S. Space Force payload to orbit.
The U.S. Space Force has released very little information about the USSF 44 payloads. However, we know one of the satellites is a microsatellite called TETRA 1, built by Millennium Space Systems, a subsidiary of Boeing.SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch is scheduled for 9:40 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, November 1. The launch will take place from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Static fire of Falcon Heavy complete; targeting Tuesday, November 1 for launch of the USSF-44 mission from Launch Complex 39A in FloridaSpaceX tweeted an image of Falcon Heavy on the launchpad on Friday, October 28, alongside the caption, "static fire of Falcon Heavy complete; targeting Tuesday, November 1 for the launch of the USSF-44 mission".SpaceX will live stream the launch from its YouTube channel, and it typically starts coverage an hour or so before the launch takes place.
Falcon Heavy is made up of three of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rockets strapped together and a second stage connected to the central booster that deploys the mission payload in orbit. The central booster will fall into the ocean after launch, while the two side boosters will come down for a dramatic landing.
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