"SpaceX's Fifth Falcon Heavy Launch of 2023: Live Coverage of Static Fire Test"

SpaceX is preparing for a static fire test of the Falcon Heavy rocket ahead of its fifth launch of 2023, which will carry the U.S. military's secretive X-37B spaceplane. The USSF-52 mission is scheduled for liftoff on December 10 and will be the first time the Falcon Heavy is used for the X-37B project. This will be the fifth mission for the Assured Access to Space (AATS) Directorate in 2023. The launch contract was awarded to SpaceX as part of the Phase 1A National Security Space Launch (NSSL) procurement, and the mission is valued at about $155 million.