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USSF-44

Falcon HeavySpaceXLaunch Complex 39A
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 · 01:41 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

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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 st...

Height70 m
LEO Payload63,800 kg
Launches801
Successes664

Provider

USA • Founded 2002

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur E...

Mission Brief

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.

PayloadUSSF-44
OrbitGeostationary Orbit
CustomerSpaceX
Stages3
PadLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
WeatherNo formal weather concerns published, N/A

Mission Timeline

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Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

LAUNCH SITE
28.608°N, 80.604°W

Weather

Condition
No formal weather concerns published
Temperature
N/A
Wind
N/A
GO Probability
95%

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.