"SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Set to Launch X-37B Spaceplane"

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is set to launch the X-37B spaceplane for the USSF-52 mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 8th. The X-37B, a reusable unmanned spacecraft, has previously flown on the Atlas V and Falcon 9 rockets. The exact orbit for this mission is classified, but it is expected to be higher than previous missions. The Falcon Heavy cores assigned to this launch will include Booster 1064 and 1065 as side boosters, which will land back at Landing Zones 1 and 2, and Booster 1084 as the center core, which will be expended and splash down in the Atlantic Ocean. This will be the fifth Falcon Heavy launch of 2023 if it proceeds as scheduled.