{"id":14007,"date":"2018-02-05T23:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-falcon-heavy-in-position-for-first-test-launch\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T23:03:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:03:55","slug":"photos-falcon-heavy-in-position-for-first-test-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-falcon-heavy-in-position-for-first-test-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Falcon Heavy in position for first test launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u2019s Falcon Heavy rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A on Monday, one day before 27 kerosene-fueled rocket engines will dispatch the towering rocket into space with nearly 5 million pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n

Liftoff Tuesday is planned during a two-and-a-half hour launch window opening at 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT). The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon Heavy will take off from pad 39A, a seaside launch facility at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, previously a departure point for Saturn 5 moon rockets and space shuttles.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s demonstration flight will attempt to heave an electric sports car belonging of SpaceX founder Elon Musk on a trajectory to escape Earth\u2019s gravitational grasp. The maneuvers required to send Musk\u2019s cherry red Tesla Roadster into a heliocentric orbit around the sun will help engineers verify the Falcon Heavy\u2019s key performance parameters, officials said.<\/p>\n

The Falcon Heavy is made of three first stage cores derived from SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket, combining to cluster 27 Merlin 1D engines together.<\/p>\n

Follow our Mission Status Center for live coverage of the countdown and launch.<\/p>\n

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