Falcon Heavy rocket

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The Falcon Heavy rocket is SpaceX’s heavy-lift launch vehicle capable of carrying large payloads to orbit using a reusable, triple-booster first stage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf heavy-lift launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
partially reusable launch vehicle
capability deep space missions
geostationary transfer orbit missions
heavy-lift to low Earth orbit
centerCoreReusable true
configuration triple-core first stage
coreType Falcon 9-derived first stage cores
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designer SpaceX
developer SpaceX
diameter 3.66 m core diameter
engineManufacturer SpaceX
enginesFirstStage Merlin 1D
surface form: 27 Merlin 1D
enginesUpperStage 1 Merlin Vacuum
family Falcon rocket family
firstFlightDate 2018-02-06
firstFlightDestination heliocentric orbit
firstFlightPayload Tesla Roadster
surface form: Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
fuelFirstStage RP-1 kerosene
fuelUpperStage RP-1 kerosene
height 70 m
landingMethodCenterCore vertical landing on drone ship (planned/attempted)
landingMethodSideBoosters vertical landing on landing pads
launchMass about 1,420,000 kg
launchProvider SpaceX
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center
surface form: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
liftoffThrust about 22,819 kN
manufacturer SpaceX
notableMission Arabsat-6A
STP-2
USSF-44
USSF-67
numberOfBoosters 3
oxidizerFirstStage liquid oxygen
oxidizerType liquid oxygen
oxidizerUpperStage liquid oxygen
payloadToGTO about 26,700 kg
payloadToLEO about 63,800 kg
payloadToMarsTransferOrbit about 16,800 kg
primaryUse U.S. government and military missions
commercial satellite launches
interplanetary missions
propellantType RP-1 kerosene
relatedVehicle Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9
reusabilityFeature propulsive vertical landing of boosters
sideBoostersReusable true
stages 2
status operational
upperStageReusable false
upperStageType Falcon 9 rocket
surface form: Falcon 9 upper stage

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KSC LC-39A supportsRocket Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy
Power and Propulsion Element launchVehicle Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy
PPE (Power and Propulsion Element) launchVehicle Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy
HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) launchVehicle Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy
Coronagraph Instrument plannedLaunchVehicle Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy
Psyche spacecraft launchVehicle Falcon Heavy rocket
this entity surface form: Falcon Heavy