SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy; kicks off classified Space Force mission

SpaceX has successfully launched the Falcon Heavy to carry out US Space Force's classified mission USSF-67. The rocket took off from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 pm EST on January 15 (4:26 am IST). Falcon Heavy carried a communications satellite (CBAS-2). A payload carrier (LDPE-3A) with five technology demonstration satellites from Space Force's sub-departments, was also onboard.