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The world’s biggest operational rocket provided an extra treat on Nov. 1, the morning after Halloween, with the first Falcon Heavy launch since 2019 blasting off under a still spooky blanket of fog from Florida’s Cape Canaveral.
Less than 10 minutes after liftoff, the rocket’s side boosters returned for a successful, near simultaneous landing not far from the launch pad. The central core booster was disposed of in the ocean after sending a classified payload on its way to orbit for the US Space Force.
The Falcon Heavy mission dubbed USSF 44 launched from pad 39-A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 9:43 a.m. ET (6:43 a.m. PT) carrying a military micro-satellite prototype called TETRA-1 and a larger, unconfirmed satellite.
