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USSF-44

Name: USSF-44 launch
Start: 2022-11-01T13:41:00+00:00
End: 2022-11-01T14:11:00+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Falcon HeavySpaceXLaunch Complex 39A

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 · 01:41 PM UTC

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This mission is complete.

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, temperature not reported

Mission Timeline

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Launch site

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Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Global range

Latitude: 28.608°N
Longitude: 80.604°W

Range Weather

Launch commit criteria

95%

FavorableNo active constraints

Weather Rules

No formal weather rule concerns published.

Primary concern: None published
Rule count: 0
Temperature: Not reported
Surface wind: Not reported

Window

01:41 PM UTC - 02:11 PM UTC

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

Launches849

Successes704

Provider

SpaceX

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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...

Schedule History

No meaningful launch-time or status changes recorded.

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