{"id":13115,"date":"2019-07-01T00:09:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/more-photos-from-spacexs-first-falcon-heavy-night-launch\/"},"modified":"2019-07-01T00:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T16:09:15","slug":"more-photos-from-spacexs-first-falcon-heavy-night-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/more-photos-from-spacexs-first-falcon-heavy-night-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"More photos from SpaceX\u2019s first Falcon Heavy night launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The predawn launch from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center of a Falcon Heavy rocket June 25 was the first nighttime liftoff of SpaceX\u2019s heavy-lifter, the most powerful launcher currently operational anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n

The Falcon Heavy lifted off from pad 39A at 2:30 a.m. EDT (0630 GMT) with two dozen research, technology demonstration and weather observation satellites for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, NOAA, Taiwan and universities.<\/p>\n

The rocket\u2019s 27 Merlin 1D main engines, mounted at the base of three booster stages, drove the rocket off the launch pad with 5.1 million pounds of thrust. Less than nine minutes later, the Falcon Heavy\u2019s two side boosters returned to nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for choreographed, nearly simultaneous landings.<\/p>\n

Read our full story for details on the mission, and see our previous photo gallery for additional images of the Falcon Heavy\u2019s launch and landing.<\/p>\n

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