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U.S. military launches Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in Thursday test from Cape Canaveral

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The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon is a truck-launched system that fires hypersonic missiles that can exceed 3,800 mph .

The midday liftoff from Launch Complex 46 at the eastern tip of the Cape sparked social media discussion across the Space Coast .

Thursday 's test flight occurred less than a month after Russia launched its new Oreshnik missile into Ukraine .

SpaceX will launch a GPS III satellite Friday evening .

The four-hour launch window extends from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30p.m ., according to a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency advisory.

The Falcon 9 rocket will rise from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station .

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