Falcon Heavy | STP-2
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.
STP-2
The STP-2 payload is composed of 25 small spacecraft. Included is COSMIC-2 constellation to provide radio occultation data, along with 8 cubesat nanosatellites. Other payloads include LightSail carried by the Prox-1 nanosatellite, Oculus-ASR nanosatellite, GPIM and the Deep Space Atomic Clock.
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 9
Consecutive Success 9
Maiden Flight 2018-02-06
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1057
Status lost
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 1
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success No
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1053
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 3
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-2
Strap-On Booster
Serial B1052
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 8
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
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