The massive launch system will carry a mysterious U.S. Space Force payload to a high-altitude geosynchronous orbit.
It's been a while since SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy to orbit.
USSF-44 is expected to launch from Launch Complex 39A, and SpaceX team members will prepare the launch pad ahead of the mission. Unlike Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy uses three Falcon boosters, instead of one, in order to triple the total thrust and lift heavier payloads into orbit. The exact launch time has not been released yet.
The USSF-44 mission, for example, was originally meant to launch near the end of 2020, but it has been delayed by issues with the U.S. Space Force payload set to launch aboard Falcon Heavy. The Space Force has revealed very little information about the payload of USSF-44.We do know, though, that USSF-44 will launch a microsatellite called TETRA 1, built by Millennium Space Systems, a subsidiary of Boeing.
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