USSF-67

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January 15th 2023, 22:56

Launch Date

Historic Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center

Landing Zone 1

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

B1064-2 / B1065-2 / B1070-1

Falcon Heavy Block 5

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, January 15 at 5:56 p.m. ET (22:56 UTC) for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-67 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Media

USSF-67 Mission

SpaceX

Timeline

All Times Are Approximate

Countdown

  • T-00:53:00

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load

  • T-00:50:00

    1st stage and side boosters RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins

  • T-00:45:00

    1st stage and side boosters LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins

  • T-00:35:00

    2nd stage RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins

  • T-00:18:30

    2nd stage LOX loading begins

  • T-00:07:00

    Falcon Heavy begins engine chill

  • T-00:00:59

    Flight computer commanded to begin final pre-launch checks

  • T-00:00:45

    SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch

  • T-00:00:20

    Propellant tanks pressurize for flight

  • T-00:00:06

    Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start

  • T+00:00:00

    Falcon Heavy liftoff

Launch and Landing

  • T+00:01:11

    Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)

  • T+00:02:24

    Side boosters engine cutoff (BECO)

  • T+00:02:28

    Side boosters separate

  • T+00:02:43

    Side boosters boostback burns begin

  • T+00:03:52

    Side boosters boostback burns end

  • T+00:03:55

    1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)

  • T+00:03:59

    Center core 1st and 2nd stages separate

  • T+00:04:05

    2nd stage engine starts (SES)

  • T+00:04:22

    Fairing deployment

  • T+00:06:32

    Side boosters entry burns start

  • T+00:06:44

    Side boosters entry burns end

  • T+00:07:42

    Side boosters landing burns start

  • T+00:08:00

    Side boosters landing