LAUNCH MISSION

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)

Name: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
Start: 2018-02-06T20:45:00.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Status

Success

DATE

6 FEB 2018

LAUNCH PROVIDER

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Description

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.

Falcon Heavy

Rocket 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.

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