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Falcon Heavy Blazes the Night Sky Carrying a Classified Payload

SpaceX,Falcon Heavy,Space Force
Jenny Hautmann
January 17, 20239:00 PM UTC (UTC +0)

Twin Falcon Heavy side boosters at Landing Zones 1 and 2 by Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

 
 
 

Twin Falcon Heavy side boosters touched down on Landing Zones 1 & 2 at Cape Canaveral about 8 minutes after SpaceX launched a clandestine payload for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff occurred on Sunday night, January 15th, at 5:56 PM ET from Launch Complex 39A. Supercluster's Jenny Hautmann was on-site at Kennedy Space Center to shoot the mission. Jenny placed remote cameras at the pad to capture the Falcon Heavy's launch and took a helicopter flight over Cape Canaveral for a better view of the recovered side boosters.

 
 
 

Quick View: Falcon Heavy

Height

70m / 229.6ft

Width

12.2m / 39.9ft

Mass

1,420,788kg / 3,125,735lb

Payload to LEO

63,800 kg / 140,660 lb

Payload to GEO

26,700 kg / 58,860 lb

Payload to Mars

16,800 kg / 37,040 lb

Falcon Heavy at Launch Complex 39A by Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

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Falcon Heavy side boosters separate from the core booster by Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster

Jenny Hautmann
January 17, 20239:00 PM UTC (UTC +0)