Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52 spaceplane

Published by NASASpaceflight on 12/28/2023

As 2023 draws to a close, the US Department of Defense’s X-37B spaceplane returned to space on the OTV-7 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. USSF-52, the fifth Falcon Heavy flight of the year, and ninth overall, lifted off on Dec. 28 at 8:07 PM EST (01:07 UTC on Dec. 29). USSF-52 flew from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

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