SpaceX showed a live broadcast of the launch of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, which took place at 16:41 Moscow time in Florida.
The space mission, which was named USSF-44, is classified. It is only known that the launch is carried out by order of the Space Command of the US Armed Forces. And also the fact that two satellites will be put into orbit.
One of them is an experimental military micro-satellite TETRA-1. The appointment of another is classified, because of this, the broadcast of the launch was interrupted after the separation of the first stage of the launch vehicle.
According to SpaceX owner Elon Musk, the Falcon Heavy is the world’s most powerful launch vehicle in existence.
To date, the company has carried out 3 successful launches of such missiles, the last one was in 2019.
Both boosters of the launch vehicle that launched in Florida today are scheduled to land on platforms in the Atlantic Ocean.