Falcon Heavy | Demo (Test Flight)
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
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.
Tesla Roadster
Serial TSLA 10
Launch Crew Count 1
Status Single Use
Landing Time On-Going
Crew
Starman
Space Traveller
Nationality Earthling
Date Of Birth 2018-02-06
Status Active
Type Non-Human
Falcon Heavy
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 26700 kg
Liftoff Thrust 22819 kN
Diameter 12.20 Meters
Mass To LEO 63800 kg
Liftoff Mass 1400 Tonnes
Launch Success 11
Consecutive Success 11
Maiden Flight 2018-02-06
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1033
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success No
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1025
Status retired
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 2
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-2
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1023
Status retired
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 2
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
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