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Falcon Heavy

Family: Falcon
Configuration: Heavy

The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    12.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    1400 T
  • Thrust
    22819 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon Heavy
  • Family
    Falcon
  • Variant
    Heavy
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon Heavy
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $90000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    63800 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    26700 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


Unknown FH


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
Previous Unknown FH Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon Heavy core stage will be expended.

Core will be expended.

B1064

Status: Active


Type: Strap-On Booster
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 1, 2022
Last Flight: January 15, 2023
Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2
Previous B1064 Flights

Landing Information

B1064 will attempt to land on ASDS JRTI after its second flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

B1065

Status: Active


Type: Strap-On Booster
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 1, 2022
Last Flight: January 15, 2023
Flights: 2
Landings Attempted: 2
Landings Successful: 2
Previous B1065 Flights

Landing Information

B1065 will attempt to land on ASDS ASOG after its second flight.

Landing Attempt Confirmed

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 224 Failures: 9 Pending: 93

Agency Type: Commercial

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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Related News

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Launch preps underway for first of up to five Falcon Heavy missions this year

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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch five times next year

SpaceNews

Falcon Heavy could launch three U.S. Space Force missions in 2022

USSF-67 is the third U.S. national security launch to be added to the Falcon Heavy’s crowded 2022 manifest.

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SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket still on track for two launches this year

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SpaceX planning launch of two Falcon Heavy missions in summer and fall

SpaceX plans two Falcon Heavy launches this year for the U.S. Space Force in July and October, and United Launch Alliance has four national security space missions on its 2021 schedule, according to a military spokesperson.

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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