The photography from SpaceX’s launches leads to some of the most impressive visual spectacles in current space media, and the towering Heavy delivered.

They show the Falcon Heavy piercing the pitch black sky, and whizzing off into the deepest recesses of the stratosphere to deliver the satellites into orbit. The first night-launch of the world’s most powerful operational rocket naturally made for some spectacular images, which were recently released via the company’s Flickr account. The firm aimed to land the center core 1,245 kilometers (774 miles) out in the Atlantic Ocean. Hamlin, then aged 24, had to have his heartbeat restored on the field after making a tackle in the first quarter of the game against the Cincinnati Bengals in January, in an incident that sent shockwaves through the National Football League. It was the first time the Falcon Heavy would reuse two side boosters from a previous mission and the first Heavy mission for the Department of Defense. The grueling, six-hour mission was described by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as its “most difficult ever” prior to launch. Eastern at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center from Launch Complex 39A. The world’s most powerful rocket undertook its third-ever mission on June 25, launching the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 with 24 satellites into space. For the first time in its history, Falcon Heavy lit up the night sky this week.

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