Monday, January 29, 2018

SpaceX Aims For Falcon Heavy Launch On February 6th

Hawthorne-based SpaceX, the commercial rocket and spacecraft developer led by technology mogul Elon Musk, is aiming at its first launch of its new Falcon Heavy rocket for February 6th. SpaceX conducted a static firing test on the new rocket design last week. The Falcon Heavy is currently on Launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the interim, SpaceX said it has another rocket launch scheduled before then--targeted for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 30th--of GovSat-1, just next door at Launchpad 40. Image: The Falcon Heavy on its launch pad in Florida.

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