PHOTO GALLERY: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Launches Experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Thursday Night from Cape Canaveral

coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV

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The Falcon Heavy will launch the experimental X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle on this mission. (Image by U.S. Space Force/Staff Sgt. Adam Shanks)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This was the fifth launch and landing of these Falcon Heavy side boosters, which previously supported USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPTER 3, and NASA’s Psyche mission.

Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (SpaceX Image)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (SpaceX Image)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (SpaceX Image)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (SpaceX Image)

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