SpaceX launched their Heavy Falcon rocket for a 'classified' Space Force mission.
classified national security mission for the Space Force known as USSF-44.
China has the Long March 5 and Russia has the Proton-M. Several other heavy-lift rockets are in development. Falcon Heavy's test flight with Starman launched Feb. 6, 2018. The maiden flight successfully landed two side boosters simultaneously at Cape Canaveral. A third booster failed to land on a platform in the ocean. Its third launch was in June 2019. That mission was for the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2 mission. Twenty-four satellites were on board, including four NASA payloads.
NASA has contracted at least three other Falcon Heavy missions. These include pieces of the Gateway lunar outpost, the Europa Clipper that will study one of Jupiter's moons, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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