PHOTOS: First SpaceX launch of 2023 seen along Grand Strand

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – Many people along the Grand Strand got a glimpse of the first SpaceX rocket launch of 2023.

WMBF News received a lot of pictures from viewers showing the rocket and the trail that it left across the Grand Strand sky.

The Falcon Heavy rocket launched at 5:56 p.m. Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

According to CNN, the rocket was delivering national security payloads to orbit for the U.S. military on a missing called USSF-67.

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