Secret SpaceX 'Zuma' launch scheduled for Sunday
The mission, only known as Zuma, was set for Thursday, pushed back to Friday and then again into the weekend.
SpaceX tried multiple times at the end of 2017 to launch Zuma, but weather and issues with the Falcon 9 rocket nose cone created delays moving the targeted launch date into 2018.
The current weather forecast predicts an 80 percent chance of favorable launch conditions.
The rocket payload is provided by Northrop Gruman, but all other details are classified, including which government agency commissioned the payload.
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SpaceX has scheduled a live feed of the launch on YouTube (we've embedded it below!) but you can also watch along on Space.com's webcast page.
"There is the possibility that residents of Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Voluisa counties may hear one or more sonic booms during the landing attempt".
SpaceX has previously launched a pair of national security-related missions, a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office and the robotic X-37B space plane for the U.S. Air Force. If all goes well and without any kind of unplanned explosion, the reusable part of the Falcon 9 should touch down at around eight minutes post-launch.
Falcon Heavy was vertical on the Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A last week for the first time. The launch window opens at 8 p.m.
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