The Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon fired out of a canister on a road-mobile trailer shortly after sunrise on Florida's Space Coast, then headed east over the Atlantic Ocean propelled by a solid-fueled rocket booster. Local residents shared images of the launch on social media.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 40 and boost a payload of Starlink broadband satellites up into low-Earth orbit.