SpaceX Will Launch Four Falcon Rockets This Week
JAKARTA SpaceX will launch four Falcon rockets this week. According to Space explored data, the launch of thisSpaceXkali will be dominated by Starlink satellites as usual.
Of the four launches, only one launch has nothing to do with Starlink. The first launch will take place on Wednesday, December 6 at the Cape Canaveral Space Station for the Starlink satellite.
Two other launches related to Starlink will take place on Friday, December 8 and Sunday, December 10. Both use Falcon 9 and launch also on Cape Canaveral.
The final launch is a mission from the United States Space Force (USSF). SpaceX will launch the Falcon Heavy USSF-52 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, to be precise Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), on weekends.
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Spaceexplored discovered that SpaceX had prepared a Falcon Heavy at LC-39A. The rocket is fully integrated with two additional Falcon 9 boosters tied beside it, providing extra lift.
The rocket, which only remains to be launched, will carry the USSF's X-37B spacecraft. Although it has been flown six times since 2010, the USSF is still keeping details of the mission a secret.
The USSF will use the Falcon Heavy for the first time this week. Six other launches from the X-37B have always used United Launch Alliance (ULA)'s lighter Atlas V than the Falcon Heavy.