Elon Musk's SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy for the mission of U.S. Space Force
Elon Musk's SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy with classified USSF-44 mission for the U.S. Space Force, being first operational national security mission for Falcon heavy.
SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, carried out the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years on Tuesday. The most powerful rocket of SpaceX is currently in use for U.S. Space Force. The classified USSF-44 mission, which is also the first operational national security mission for Falcon Heavy, is being carried by SpaceX's rocket for the U.S. Space Force.
The Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission, which carried experimental satellites on a demonstration flight for the Pentagon in June 2019, was Falcon Heavy's most recent launch. Now the rocket is on a more serious mission which is classified.
The moments when Falcon Heavy launches for USSF-44 mission three years later and its rockets returns:
- Launch moment: 19:00
- Rocket's return moment: 26:00
However, SpaceX has yet to release the return of the third rocket to Earth. The third rocket leaves the fuselage after the side rockets. Moreover, the mission that SpaceX carried out on Tuesday marked the record 50th launch of the year for the company's Falcon series of rockets.
What is USSF-44 mission?
Details shared about the USSF-44 mission are extremely limited as it is a classified operation. According to the public information shared by the USA, the two cargoes carried into space consist of an unnamed satellite and a microsatellite. These satellites, sent by the US military, will undertake system tests for future satellites.
