SpaceX launches military space plane (9 images)

By Wade Sheridan

SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying an X-37B military space plane used by the U.S. Space Force from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in Florida on Thursday. The launch was delayed for weeks due to technical issues.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket passes in front of the moon as it launches the X-37B military space plane for the U.S. Space Force from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 28, 2023. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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This is the seventh mission for the military space plane, but the first launched by SpaceX. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket was launched at 8:07 p.m. EST. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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The launched was delayed for weeks due to technical issues. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI

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