SpaceX used the Heavy Falcon at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, USA to execute the USSF-67 classified mission.
This is also the fifth flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket. The primary payload of the USSF-67 mission, a communications satellite called Continuous Broadcast Augmented Satellite Communications 2 (CBAS 2), was sent to a geostationary orbit approximately 35,700 kilometers above Earth.
CBAS-2 will “provide communications relay capabilities in support of senior leaders and combatant commanders,” tasked with augmenting existing military satellite communications capabilities, U.S. Space Force officials said in an emailed statement Jan. 13. And continuously broadcast military data through space-based satellite relay links.
The payload of this mission also includes the LDPE-3A ESPAStar platform. According to EverydayAstronaut.com, LDPE-3A will carry five payloads for the U.S. Space Force, including the Catcher and WASSAT for the Space Systems Command (SSC), and the Rapid Capabilities Office for the U.S. Space Force. 3 payloads.
U.S. Space Force officials have previously stated that the three payloads include “two prototypes for enhanced situational awareness and a prototype encrypted/interface encrypted payload that provides secure air-to-ground communications capabilities.”
