SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Sunday, one day later than previously announced, for the U.S. Space Force classified mission USSF-67.

The Falcon Heavy consists of three modified SpaceX Falcon 9 first stages, which are strapped together. For the launch, the Falcon Heavy's two side boosters landed on landing zone 1 and landing zone 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, with the core stage expended. During the double landing, the boosters descended back towards the landing zones, and then experienced a double sonic boom from the re-entry.

Sunday's launch was the fifth overall for the Falcon Heavy. The rocket debuted in February 2018 with a test flight that sent SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster into orbit around the sun, with a spacesuit-clad mannequin named Starman in the driver's seat.

The Falcon Heavy launched again in April 2019 and June 2019, sending operational satellites aloft each time. But the rocket didn't lift off again until November of last year, on the USSF- 44 mission for the Space Force. The 40-month gap was due primarily to delays in getting customer payloads ready, according to space industry analysts.

00:00 - Falcon Heavy pre-launch show begins
13:07 - 30-second countdown to launch

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