Watch: SpaceX Launches Secretive ‘Zuma’ Mission

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SpaceX is set to launch tonight a Falcon 9 carrying a a secret payload for the U.S. government.

The mission, named Zuma, will lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET. The mission has been delayed for nearly two months while SpaceX conducted two additional rounds of testing.

Little is known about the payload or purpose of the mission beyond the fact that SpaceX will deliver a U.S. government spacecraft into low-Earth orbit.

Sunday’s mission will also include an attempt to land the Falcon 9’s first stage booster. Watch the livestream below:

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