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Falcon Heavy test flight
.jpg) Falcon Heavy launching from LC-39A | |
| Falcon Heavy launch | |
|---|---|
| Launch | February 6, 2018, 20:45 UTC |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Pad | Kennedy LC-39A |
| Payload | Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster |
| Outcome | Success |
| Components | |
| Boosters | B1023 and B1025 |
| First stage | B1033 |
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| Official insignia for the flight | |
| Falcon launches | |
The Falcon Heavy test flight (also known as the Falcon Heavy demonstration mission) was the first attempt by SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018, at 20:45 UTC.[1] The successful test introduced the Falcon Heavy as the most powerful rocket in operation at the time,[2] producing five million pounds-force (22 MN) of thrust and having more than twice the payload capacity of the next most powerful rocket, United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy.[3]
- ^ "Falcon Heavy Demonstration Press Kit" (PDF). SpaceX. February 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 6, 2018.
- ^ Yuhas, Alan (February 6, 2018). "SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch: world's most powerful rocket blasts off – live". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
- ^ Salazar, Doris Elin (February 6, 2018). "SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket: By the Numbers". Space.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2018.
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