SpaceX targets Dec. 28 launch of US military's X-37B spaceplane

Published December 16, 2023 11:25am

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will be used for the launch of the spaceplane of the US military

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from historic launch pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, February 6, 2018. SpaceX said it is targeting Dec. 28, 2023 to launch the US military's X-37B robot spaceplane using the Falcon Heavy. REUTERS/Thom Baur/File Photo

SpaceX said it was targeting Thursday, Dec. 28 for the launch of the US military's X-37B robot spaceplane on its seventh mission to orbit.

"Now targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Florida," SpaceX said in a post on X on Friday, after it stood down on the launch earlier this week to perform additional system checkouts.

The original plan to send the spacecraft to orbit late on Sunday was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions at Cape Canaveral, Florida. —Reuters

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