Currently scheduled for a Tuesday, Nov. 1, the launch from Kennedy Space Center is SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s first launch in three years. The launch was originally scheduled for the morning of Monday, October 31, but was postponed. The rocket was lifted upright on pad 39A on Wednesday night. After a static test fire, the world’s most powerful rocket will then be removed from the pad so that two classified US Space Force satellites can be loaded. Essentially, the Falcon Heavy is three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together. And in a stunning scene of simultaneous landings, two of the boosters will return to earth. The third booster will place the satellites in a distant orbit. In all, 28 Merlin engines will fire. This will be Falcon Heavy’s first launch since 2019. “The main reason Falcon Heavy sat on the sidelines for three years is that the payloads that were supposed to fly on it just weren’t ready,” said Eric Berger of Ars Technica. said. These large payloads come from NASA and the Department of Defense. Berger also wrote a book on Elon Musk and SpaceX. “I think symbolically it’s a very important rocket for SpaceX,” he said. “Because first of all, it shows that a private company could build the biggest and most powerful rocket. I mean, think about it. Before that, these were all government-funded projects. “The Falcon Heavy is the only rocket capable of reaching all the orbits the DOD wishes to reach.
Currently scheduled for a Tuesday, Nov. 1, the launch from Kennedy Space Center is SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s first launch in three years.
The launch was originally scheduled for the morning of Monday, October 31, but it was postponed.
The rocket was lifted off pad 39A on Wednesday night.
After a static test fire, the world’s most powerful rocket will then be removed from the platform so that two classified US Space Force satellites can be loaded.
Essentially, the Falcon Heavy is three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together. And in a stunning scene of simultaneous landings, two of the boosters will return to earth.
The third booster will place the satellites in a distant orbit. In all, 28 Merlin engines will fire. This will be Falcon Heavy’s first launch since 2019.
“The main reason the Falcon Heavy sat on the sidelines for three years was that the payloads that were supposed to fly on it just weren’t ready,” said Eric Berger of Ars Technica.
These large payloads come from NASA and the Department of Defense.
Berger also wrote a book on Elon Musk and SpaceX.
“I think symbolically it’s a very important rocket for SpaceX,” he said. “Because first of all, it shows that a private company could build the biggest and most powerful rocket. I mean, think about it. Before that, these were all government-funded projects.
The Falcon Heavy is the only rocket capable of reaching all the orbits the DOD wishes to go to.
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