FOX News: SpaceX launches X-37B aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center
The mission marks the first time SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has been used to launch the Boeing X-37B into orbit
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched the Pentagon’s secretive X-37B spacecraft after the mission was delayed for several weeks due to weather and other issues.
SpaceX launched the X-37B aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Thursday evening – marking the first time the rocket has carried the Space Force’s X-37B.
On its six previous trips into orbit, the spacecraft was launched by United Launch Alliance Atlas V or SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
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