MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)– SpaceX introduced its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the very first time in more than 3 years Tuesday, raising satellites for the military and after that nailing side-by-side booster landings back near the pad.
Thick fog shrouded NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as the rocket launched at midmorning. The crowd at the launch website could not even see the pad 3 miles (5 kilometers) away, however heard the holler of the 27 first-stage engines.
Both side boosters peeled away 2 minutes after liftoff, flew back to Cape Canaveral, and landed along with one another, simply a couple of seconds apart. The core phase was disposed of at sea, its whole energy required to get the Space Force’s satellites to their desired extra-high orbit.
This was SpaceX’s 4th flight of a Falcon Heavy, presently the most effective rocket in usage. The very first, in 2018, released SpaceX chief Elon Musk’s red Tesla convertible; the next 2 Heavy launches followed in 2019, raising satellites.
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