SpaceX FH - USSF-67 - LC39A

Launch Date: January 15
Launch Window: 5:56pm EST (2:56pm PST, 22:56 UTC) 4.5 hour launch window
Launch site: LC-39A, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Side Booster Recovery: LZ-1 and LZ-2
Core Booster Recovery: N/A Expended
Boosters: All new Block 5, Side Boosters: B1064.2 and B1065.2 Center Core: B1070.1
Mass: Maybe 3000 kg for CBAS 2 - ? for LDPE-3A
Orbit: GEO (Direct)
Yearly Launch Number: 3rd

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 67 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission will launch the Space Force’s second Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM, or CBAS 2, military communications satellite and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA 3A, or LDPE 3A, rideshare satellite hosting multiple experimental payloads.

USSF-67 – Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org

 

[ecarfan]

Stunning.

 

[Grendal]

2nd new booster, B1070.1, in a matter of days. However, this one will not be recovered.

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX hasn't put up their webcast yet but EA has:

 

[mongo]

@ecarfan, that's the first photo I can recall seeing that shows the load path from booster to center core. Thanks!

2nd new booster, B1070.1, in a matter of days. However, this one will not be recovered.

Therefore, I dub it Legolas...

Spoiler: huh?

And Gridoless...

 

[Grendal]

Scrub is expected for today.

And it's official...

 

[scaesare]

Scrub is expected for today.

And it's official...

Looks like 2nd try today @ 5:56pm EST

Same link as @Grendal posted above...

 

[Grendal]

Finally. It's here:

 

[Pricee2]

Slam Dunk.

 

[MyJoule]

Never ever gets old- Way to go SpaceX! Space is hard but they continue to make it look easy!

 

[Cosmacelf]

Drone shot of side by side landings.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1614794711449079808

 

[ecarfan]

Love these views.

 

[ecarfan]

Whoever was managing the livestream screwed up here. This is after BECO but the image on the left shows a side booster still attached, just after liftoff. That image was only shown for a second and then it disappeared.

 

[Madmolecule]

Stage one dropping over Jupiter

 

[Electroman]

Center booster was ditched in the ocean?

 

[scaesare]

Center booster was ditched in the ocean?

yes...

 

[Madmolecule]

Center booster was ditched in the ocean?

Yes, Jupiter is on the coast. View from about a mile inland

 

[scaesare]

So I thought this shot was cool... the boosters were separated far enough apart that their burns weren't in sync (much moreso than I recall in previous flights... any thoughts as to why?). The result is that the cam on the left booster, which has not started it's landing burn yet, catches the right booster far below executing it's burn:

 

[ecarfan]

Yes, Jupiter is on the coast. View from about a mile inland

Oh. That Jupiter. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[ecarfan]

the boosters were separated far enough apart that their burns weren't in sync (much moreso than I recall in previous flights... any thoughts as to why?

I noticed that also, and don’t have an explanation, but the slower booster is still only about a second behind the faster booster.

I think we got spoiled by the near perfect synchronous landings of the first FH mission.