It is currently scheduled for a Tuesday in November. 1, the launch from Kennedy Space Center is the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in three years. The launch was originally scheduled for Monday morning, October. 31 but rescheduled. 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 lifted off the platform so two classified US Space Force satellites can be loaded. In essence, the Falcon Heavy is three Falcon 9 rockets strung together. And in a spectacular scene of simultaneous descent, two boosters will return to earth. A third booster will place the satellites in a distant orbit. A total of 28 Merlin engines will be launched. This will be the first Falcon Heavy launch since 2019. “The main reason Falcon Heavy has been sitting on the sidelines for three years is because the payloads it needs to fly on it aren’t ready,” said Ars Technica’s Eric Berger. These large loads are from NASA and the Department of Defense. Berger also wrote a book about Elon Musk and SpaceX. “I think symbolically this is a really important rocket for SpaceX,” he said. “Because, first of all, it shows that a private company can build the biggest, most powerful rocket. I mean think about it. Before that, it was completely government-funded projects.” The Falcon Heavy is the only rocket capable of hitting all the orbits the DOD wants to reach.
It is currently scheduled for a Tuesday in November. 1, the launch from Kennedy Space Center is the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch in three years.
The launch was originally scheduled for Monday morning, October. 31 but rescheduled.
The rocket was lifted upright on pad 39A on Wednesday night.
After the static test firing, the world’s most powerful rocket will be lifted off the pad to load two classified US Space Force satellites.
In essence, the Falcon Heavy is three Falcon 9 rockets strung together. And in a spectacular scene of simultaneous descent, two boosters will return to earth.
A third booster will place the satellites in a distant orbit. A total of 28 Merlin engines will be launched. This will be the first Falcon Heavy launch since 2019.
“The main reason the Falcon Heavy has been out for three years is because the payloads it needs to fly are not ready,” said Ars Technica’s Eric Berger.
These large loads are from NASA and the Department of Defense.
Berger also wrote a book about Elon Musk and SpaceX.
“I think symbolically this is a really important rocket for SpaceX,” he said. “Because, first of all, it shows that a private company can build the biggest, most powerful rocket. I mean think about it. “Before that, these were completely state-funded projects.”
The Falcon Heavy is the only rocket capable of hitting all the orbits the DOD wants to reach.
