LAUNCH CENTER

Success

Tue Nov 01 2022

SpaceX

USSF-44

Launch Successful

LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

(1:41 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

(1:41 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

(2:11 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Falcon Heavy

Description:

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

MISSION OVERVIEW

Type: Government/Top Secret
Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. One is called the Shepherd Demonstration, and the other is LDPE 2 spacecraft that carries three hosted payloads and three deployable sub-satellites. One of them is an experimental microsatellite called TETRA-1.

COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Pad

Launch Complex 39A