SpaceX rocket launch sparks fevered speculation after it launches from Cape Canaveral carrying ‘undisclosed payload’ – on same day it’s revealed Russia wants to deploy NUCLEAR weapons in space

A SpaceX Falcon with an unknown payload was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on the same day it was revealed that Russia wants to deploy a nuclear weapon in space.

The launch took place Wednesday afternoon, with cameras capturing the spectacular moment when the secret USSF-124 national security mission’s rocket appeared to cross the moon.

The booster landed at SpaceX’s landing zone eight minutes after launch, completing its seventh mission, according to Space Force officials, who remained silent about the mission until this morning.

A second launch is scheduled for 1:05 a.m. Thursday, with Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Odysseus taking off for the IM-1 mission to the moon’s surface.

The SpaceX doubleheader launch comes on the same day it was revealed that members of Congress had been briefed on Moscow’s plan to deploy a nuclear weapon in space to target and destroy satellites the world depends on. destroy.

The booster landed at SpaceX’s landing zone eight minutes after launch, completing its seventh mission, according to Space Force officials, who remained mum on the mission until this morning.

A second launch is scheduled for 1:05 a.m. Thursday, with Intuitive Machines’ lunar lander Odysseus taking off for the IM-1 mission to the moon’s surface

The launch marks the eleventh national security launch supported by a SpaceX Falcon, according to a release from Space X.

Falcon 9 is the safest and most experienced active US rocket and the only one currently certified to carry people to the International Space Station.

The Space Force said Wednesday that the USSF-124 will send six satellites into orbit: two for the Missile Defense Agency and four for the Space Development Agency.

“With every national security launch, we continue to strengthen America’s capabilities and its deterrence in the face of growing threats, while adding stability to a highly dynamic world,” said Col. Jim Horne, Launch Execution Delta senior equipment leader of Space System Command.

“It’s what we do in the Space Force, and we take that accusation seriously,” he added. But other details about the mission remain secret.

SpaceX will launch IM-1 just after midnight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, which is next to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Hours after the successful launch of Falcon 9, the Russian spacecraft Progress 87 was sent to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Wednesday’s mission comes as Ohio House Speaker Mike Turner said members of Congress had been notified of a Russia-related threat.

The launch marks the eleventh national security launch supported by a SpaceX Falcon, according to a release from Space X

Falcon 9 is the safest and most experienced active US rocket and the only one currently certified to carry people to the International Space Station

The Falcon 9 first stage booster landed in SpaceX’s Landing Zone 2 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, completing its seventh mission

It later emerged that it was linked to Moscow’s plan to deploy a nuclear weapon in space to target and destroy satellites on which the world depends. ABC news reported.

Turner asked the president to release the information so lawmakers could discuss the fallout from the ominous warning that prompted a White House response and furious speculation.

Moscow has already shown how it can be deadly from space by testing a hit-to-kill anti-satellite missile in 2021.

Russia smashed a defunct spy satellite launched in 1982 into 1,500 pieces of rubble in the attack, sparking outrage around the world.

In 2020, Moscow fired an anti-satellite weapon from its Cosmos 2543 satellite while in orbit.

Vladimir Putin has also threatened the West with his deadliest hypersonic missile yet, which could race into space and hit multiple targets on the ground.

The nuclear-capable Avangard missile, which can reportedly hit targets at 27 times the speed of sound, is seen in new footage installed in an underground launch silo in Russia’s Orenburg region.

According to Moscow, the rocket, traveling at 20,000 miles per hour and using a hypersonic glide vehicle, will be able to leave the Earth’s atmosphere in less than 30 minutes before hitting any target in the world.

A top Republican was warned there is a ‘serious threat to national security’ in a cryptic statement demanding President Joe Biden release all related information

Russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile in 2021. Cosmos 1408, a defunct spy satellite launched in 1982, was the destroyed target, resulting in a field of 1,500 pieces of debris that endangered the ISS crew

Members of Congress or US allies should not openly discuss or collaborate on the threat until the report is released.

They can review information related to “destabilizing foreign military capabilities” today and tomorrow at a secure location in the Capitol.

“Today, the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence made information about a serious threat to national security available to all members of Congress,” Turner said.

“I urge President Biden to release all information related to this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and our allies can openly discuss the actions needed to respond to this threat.”

Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., was one of the first lawmakers to review the documents in the SCIF on Wednesday afternoon.

He told reporters that the threat “is not an immediate crisis, but certainly something that we need to deal with very seriously.”

“There are a lot of very volatile things that we need to address. This is one of them,” he added.