Tag: Falcon Heavy
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SpaceX completes most-challenging flight with Falcon Heavy’s STP-2 mission
After years of payload preparation, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched one of the company’s most-challenging missions to date. Space Test Program 2 (STP-2), a U.S. Air Force contracted flight with 24 government and civilian testbed payloads, launch within at 4-hour launch window from LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch window opened at…
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Falcon Heavy to flex muscles on demanding demo launch for U.S. Air Force
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is lifted inside the hangar at launch pad 39A during final assembly. Credit: SpaceX On its third flight Monday night, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will fly to three different orbits with two dozen spacecraft on a mission set to last more than six hours, prompting SpaceX founder Elon Musk to declare…
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Live coverage: Falcon Heavy engines test-fired for launch next week
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the U.S. Air Force’s STP-2 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of the launch pad. Become a member and support our…
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NASA highlights payloads on next Falcon Heavy; LZ-1 cleared for normal operations
NASA has released information regarding the U.S. space agency’s payloads that will launch on the Air Force’s STP-2 (Space Test Program -2) mission on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket later this month. Meanwhile, in Florida, Landing Zone -1 (LZ-1) has been cleared to return to normal operations following the Crew Dragon anomaly on 20 April, paving…
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First Falcon Heavy night launch slips to June 24
File photo of a Falcon Heavy rocket rolling out to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX The first nighttime launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, and the first Falcon Heavy flight for the U.S. military, is set for no earlier than June 24 from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space…
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NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review for EM-1
With a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch Services Program (LSP) to study commercial launch alternatives for sending its Orion spacecraft into lunar orbit on an uncrewed test flight. Delays in the assembly and test schedule for the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) booster assigned to launch EM-1…
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Falcon Heavy core booster tips over in rough seas after drone ship landing
The Falcon Heavy’s core booster is seen moments after landing on SpaceX’s drone ship Thursday. Credit: SpaceX The core booster from the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida tipped over in rough seas after landing on an offshore drone ship, SpaceX officials said Monday. The Falcon Heavy’s core…
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Photos: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy aces second mission
Photos captured by remote cameras placed at launch pad 39A show SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket soaring skyward Thursday evening atop more than 5 million pounds of thrust. The triple-core rocket, powered by 27 Merlin main engines, fired away from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT) Thursday,…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy center core booster falls over on ship amid heavy seas
The Falcon Heavy center core booster lands on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. (SpaceX via YouTube) Mother Nature has splashed cold water over SpaceX’s triumphant triple booster landing in the wake of last week’s Falcon Heavy rocket launch. Literally. After sending the Arabsat-6 telecommunications satellite on the first leg of its journey to…
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Falcon Heavy soars; SpaceX lands critical NASA double asteroid redirect launch
To say 11 April 2019 was a banner day for SpaceX would be an understatement. The private space company that has soared into the public’s imagination and trust not only succeeded in launching its Falcon Heavy rocket – the most powerful currently operational rocket in the world – on its first commercial flight, but also…