Falcon Heavy

Active Re-Usable Falcon

SpaceX (SpX)

Feb. 6, 2018

Description

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.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    12.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    1400 T
  • Thrust
    22819 kN
  • Apogee (Sub-Orbital)
    200 km
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

SpaceX

Commercial
CEO: Elon Musk
SpX 2002

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.

Upcoming Spaceflights


Falcon Heavy | GOES-U

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD June, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S Series (GOES-S) is the second of the next generation of geostationary weather satellites. The four satellites of the series will provide advanced imaging with increased spatial resolution and faster coverage for more accurate forecasts, real-time mapping of lightning activity, and improved monitoring of solar activity.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1072 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1 B1086 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 B1087 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon Heavy | Europa Clipper

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
October 10, 2024
Status: To Be Confirmed
Mission:

Europa Clipper is the first dedicated mission to study Jupiter's moon Europa. Mission is developed by NASA and comprises of an orbiter spacecraft, which, while in orbit around Jupiter, will perform numerous flybys over Europa. Europa Clipper payload suit included high-resolution cameras and spectrometers for imaging Europa's surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water, and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to measure the moon's magnetic field and unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior.

Heliocentric N/A B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon Heavy | VIPER

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD November, 2024
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is a mobile robot that will go to the South Pole of the Moon to get a close-up view of the location and concentration of water ice that could eventually be harvested to sustain human exploration on the Moon, Mars — and beyond. VIPER represents the first resource mapping mission on another celestial body.

Lunar Orbit Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Unknown Unknown FH - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
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Falcon Heavy | Gateway PPE & HALO

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2025
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) are the foundational elements of NASA's lunar-orbiting space station "Gateway". The PPE is a 60-kilowatt class solar electric propulsion spacecraft that also will provide power, high-speed communications, attitude control and the capability to move the Gateway to different lunar orbits. The HALO is the pressurized living quarters where astronauts who visit the Gateway, often on their way to the Moon, will work. It will provide command and control and serve as the docking hub for the outpost. HALO will support science investigations, distribute power, provide communications for visiting vehicles and lunar surface expeditions, and supplement the life support systems aboard Orion, NASA’s spacecraft that will deliver Artemis astronauts to the Gateway.

Lunar Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD October, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.

Sun-Earth L2
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Falcon Heavy | Astrobotic-3

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Third Astrobotic lunar mission, details TBA.

Lunar Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | USSF-75

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the United States Space Force

Geostationary Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | GPS IIIF SV01

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

First Block IIIF GPS satellite

Medium Earth Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | USSF-70

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
TBD December, 2026
Status: To Be Determined
Mission:

Classified payload for the United States Space Force

Geostationary Orbit
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Falcon Heavy | OTV-7 (X-37B) (USSF-52)

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Dec. 29, 2023, 1:07 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

It is the seventh flight of the X-37B program. United States Air Force Orbital Test Vehicle is built by Boeing. It's an uncrewed 5000 kg, 8.8 m-long reusable mini-spaceplane capable of autonomous re-entry and landing.

Elliptical Orbit B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1 B1084 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon Heavy | Psyche

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Oct. 13, 2023, 2:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations.

Heliocentric N/A B1079 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
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Falcon Heavy | EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
July 29, 2023, 3:04 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1 B1074 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 Americas & others

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
May 1, 2023, 12:26 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located. Also onboard this mission is Astranis's first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite.

Geostationary Orbit B1068 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1053 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean B1052 - Flight Proven ( ) Atlantic Ocean
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Falcon Heavy | USSF-67

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Jan. 15, 2023, 10:56 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

USSF-67 is a mission for the United States Space Force with two satellites, including the LDPE-3A rapid prototype platform hosting 5 USSF payloads.

Geostationary Orbit B1070 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1065 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1 B1064 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2
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Falcon Heavy | USSF-44

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Nov. 1, 2022, 1:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified US Space Force carrying two payloads directly to geostationary orbit. One is called the Shepherd Demonstration, and the other is LDPE 2 spacecraft that carries three hosted payloads and three deployable sub-satellites. One of them is an experimental microsatellite called TETRA-1.

Geostationary Orbit B1066 - Maiden Flight Atlantic Ocean B1065 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 B1064 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
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Falcon Heavy | STP-2

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
June 25, 2019, 6:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

The STP-2 payload is composed of 25 small spacecraft. Included is COSMIC-2 constellation to provide radio occultation data, along with 8 cubesat nanosatellites. Other payloads include LightSail carried by the Prox-1 nanosatellite, Oculus-ASR nanosatellite, GPIM and the Deep Space Atomic Clock.

Low Earth Orbit #STP2 B1052 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1 B1057 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You B1053 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2
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Falcon Heavy | Arabsat-6A

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 11, 2019, 10:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Arabsat-6A is a Saudi Arabian communications satellite to be positioned at 30.5°East orbital slot. Arabsat-6A was built by Lockheed Martin for Arabsat and will deliver TV, internet and mobile phone services to the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit #ArabSat6A B1055 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You B1053 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 2 B1052 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 1
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Falcon Heavy | Demo (Test Flight)

SpaceX | USA
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 6, 2018, 8:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

This will be the inaugural flight of the Falcon Heavy. The test payload will be SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination: An elliptical, heliocentric orbit. Apoapsis: Around Mars' orbital distance.

Heliocentric N/A B1033 - Maiden Flight Of Course I Still Love You B1025 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 2 B1023 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 1
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Long March 6A
Success
2 days, 11 hours ago
Yunhai 3-02
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese satellite reported for atmospheric/ocean/environmental/spatial parameter research purposes, details TBD.


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 10 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-46
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Falcon 9
Success
5 days, 7 hours ago
Starlink Group 6-42
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 23 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Soyuz 2.1a
Success
5 days, 21 hours ago
Soyuz MS-25
31/6 - Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

Soyuz MS-25 will carry two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station aboard the Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome i…


Falcon 9
Success
1 week ago
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-30
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

30th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…