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SpaceXFalcon HeavyLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
USSF-44
Launched
November 1, 2022
Summary
USSF-44 launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on November 1, 2022. It was SpaceX's 202nd launch, 50th this year and humanity's 6,331st orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Falcon Heavy flight and the 1st this year. Booster B1066 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1065 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 2. Booster B1064 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 18 objects from this launch are catalogued, 16 of them payloads.
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- USSF-44 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon Heavy · SpaceX
- Booster
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Falcon Heavy flight · 1st this yearSpaceX's 202nd launch50th this yearhumanity's 6,331st orbital launch attempt149th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubCatalogued objects
18 catalogued: 16 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 18 still in orbit
- LDPE 2 · NORAD 54219 · in orbit
- USA 339 · NORAD 54220 · in orbit
- USA 340 · NORAD 55138 · in orbit
- USA 341 · NORAD 55139 · in orbit
- LINUSS1 · NORAD 55246 · in orbit
- LINUSS2 · NORAD 55247 · in orbit
- USA 344 · NORAD 56307 · in orbit
- USA 399 · NORAD 60741 · in orbit
- USA 546 · NORAD 64289 · in orbit
- USA 547 · NORAD 64466 · in orbit
- USA 548 · NORAD 64722 · in orbit
- USA 551 · NORAD 65156 · in orbit
Show 4 more payloads
- USA 552 · NORAD 65157 · in orbit
- USA 553 · NORAD 65158 · in orbit
- USA 556 · NORAD 65650 · in orbit
- USA 557 · NORAD 65651 · in orbit
Falcon Heavy-004 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. One is called the Shepherd Demonstration, and the other is LDPE 2 spacecraft that carries three hosted payloads and three deployable sub-satellites. One of them is an experimental microsatellite called TETRA-1.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
152nd launch from Launch Complex 39A, 15th this year · 209th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful launch of Falcon Heavy for the United States Space Force.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 11/1/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 11/1/2022 · source
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/30/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Jay · 10/29/2022 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2022 · source
Slip by 1 day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/27/2022 · source
Adding launch time
Nosu · 10/22/2022 · source
Delayed to October 31, towards the late morning EDT.
Nosu · 10/20/2022 · source
NET October 28
SwGustav · 10/5/2022 · source
Questions
When did USSF-44 launch?
USSF-44 launched on November 1, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch USSF-44?
Coverage: USSF-44 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched USSF-44?
Falcon Heavy, flown by SpaceX. Falcon Heavy spec sheet
Where did USSF-44 launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1066 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1065 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 2. Booster B1064 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit was USSF-44 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did USSF-44 launch?
16 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 16 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).