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

Falcon Heavy

Status

Success

Date

6 FEB 2018

20:45

Launch Provider

SpaceX

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Mission Overview

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.

Rocket

Falcon Heavy

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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.

Height

70 m

Diameter

12.2 m

Launch Mass

1,400 T

Thrust

22,819 kN