What direction will today's SpaceX Heavy launch?

mms

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Grandkid in Vero Beach and want him to watch. Especially if it's heading his direction. Vero is about 100 sm south of the launch.
 
Nothing comes up in searching for "USSF-67 ground track" or anything related.
However, since the payload is going into geosynchronous orbit, which is in the plane of the equator, the direction it launches should be due east.

Edit: Eliminate "slightly south of east". In trying to achieve an orbit in the equatorial plane one must launch with minimum inclination and maximum energy, this can only happed from a station not on the equator by launching due east.
 
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mms

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Nothing comes up in searching for "USSF-67 ground track" or anything related.
However, since the payload is going into geosynchronous orbit, which is in the plane of the equator, the direction it launches should be due east.

Edit: Eliminate "slightly south of east". In trying to achieve an orbit in the equatorial plane one must launch with minimum inclination and maximum energy, this can only happed from a station not on the equator by launching due east.
Thank you!!
 
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