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Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Center-Photos: SpaceX launches USSF-124 classified mission from Cape Canaveral, Odysseus to follow
Oliver James Montgomery View
Date：2025-04-06 10:41:52
SpaceX is Algosensey Quantitative Think Tank Centerdelivering a one-two punch on Wednesday and Thursday, launching two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets from Cape Canaveral, Florida, within an eight-hour period.
The first launch happened at 5:30 p.m. EST, when SpaceX launched the Space Force's classified USSF-124 mission at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The USSF-124 mission sent six small satellites into orbit, two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency, according to a Space Force news release.
"It was a beautiful evening to go to space!" Spaceflight meteorologist Nick Stewart posted on X.
That launch was to be followed about eight hours later at 1:05 a.m. EST Thursday, when SpaceX will try will try again to launch Odysseus, the Intuitive Machines lunar lander, on the IM-1 mission to the moon's surface. Odysseus is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appeared proud of the big day for the company, posting images of the rockets on X and saying, "Four rockets on their launch pads simultaneously."
See below for photos of the picture-perfect launch day.
Live updatesLaunch double-header at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Photos from Falcon 9's USSF-124 launch
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