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ORLANDO, Fla. – With a spectacular sunset launch, SpaceX sent its Falcon Heavy on a mission for the U.S. military, carrying a pair of communications satellites into orbit.
Images shared on social media from Central Florida and as far away as North Carolina showed the beauty of the rocket after it blasted off from Launch Complex 39A on the Space Coast.
The Falcon Heavy, which is SpaceX’s most powerful rocket, was last launched in November. The same side boosters used in that mission were used in Sunday’s launch.
Photo by Lloyd Behrendt in the Malabar area of Brevard County (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
Photo by Lloyd Behrendt in the Malabar area of Brevard County. (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
Photo by Michael Lafaver as seen from Orlando. (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
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Falcon heavy launch from Oviedo (Copyright 2022 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)
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Jacob joined ClickOrlando.com in 2022. He spent 19 years at the Orlando Sentinel, mostly as a photojournalist and video journalist, before joining Spectrum News 13 as a web editor and digital journalist in 2021.
