Friday, July 28, 2017

SpaceX Plans Falcon Heavy Launch In November

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is planning the maiden launch of its Falcon Heavy rockets in November, according to Elon Musk. Details on that launch have not yet been announced. The Falcon Heavy will be the largest, rocket to be created since the Saturn V moon rocket, which was last launched in 1973, and according to SpaceX will deliver more than twice the payload of the largest rocket now available, the Delta IV Heavy. SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is made up of three, Falcon 9 rocket cores. Image: SpaceX rendering of the Falcon Heavy.

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