SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch of secretive X-37B space plane rescheduled for Monday amidst stormy weather

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the secretive X-37B space plane for the US Space Force has been delayed to December 11 due to weather conditions. The liftoff is scheduled to occur from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be the seventh launch for the reusable X-37B space plane, but its first-ever ride on a Falcon Heavy rocket. The mission objectives include operating in new orbital regimes, indicating a higher orbit than usual. The X-37B may also be carrying a secondary mission payload that requires Falcon Heavy's added lift capability.