CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX's top-secret launch, code-named Zuma, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Sunday night.
The rocket lifted off at 8 p.m. and landed roughly 8 minutes after separation.
The new nine-engine rocket launched from launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and will take the secret payload to a low orbit.
The Falcon 9 rocket returned to Landing Zone 1 at the CCAFS.
The rocket payload is provided by Northrop Grumman, but all other details are classified, including which government agency commissioned the payload.
This was SpaceX's first launch of 2018. The launch was originally planned for Thursday, but then was postponed to Sunday without explanation.
SpaceX initially tried to launch the rocket a few times in 2017, but scrubbed the missions for weather and other launch condition concerns.