Falcon Heavy is a super heavy-lift launch vehicle [b] with partial reusability that can carry cargo into Earth orbit and beyond. It is designed, manufactured and launched by American aerospace company SpaceX.

Falcon Heavy is composed of three reusable Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A with the Arabsat-6A satellite (April 2019). Falcon Heavy is a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and made by SpaceX. It is inspired from the Falcon 9 vehicle.

2023年2月6日 · The Falcon Heavy comprises three reusable Falcon 9 first stage boosters strapped together side by side. The combination created the most powerful operational rocket at the time, its 27 Merlin engines combined generating more than 5 million pounds of thrust, enough to place 141,000 pounds into a low inclination Earth orbit or send 37,000 pounds ...

2018年2月5日 · The Falcon Heavy, developed by SpaceX, is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle. It is essentially a bolstered Falcon 9 with two additional first stages as strap-on boosters, making it the most powerful operational rocket on release by a factor of two.

2018年2月22日 · The Falcon Heavy is a large cargo-lifting rocket developed by private spaceflight company SpaceX. When it launched on its maiden voyage on Feb. 6, 2018, the rocket was the most powerful booster...

2024年6月22日 · Falcon Heavy thrust: how powerful is this rocket? Three Falcon 9 rockets – each having nine Merlin engines of power —gives the Falcon Heavy vehicle the power of 27 Merlin engines at liftoff.

2018年2月6日 · The Falcon Heavy is a composite vehicle comprised of three Falcon 9 first stage boosters strapped together. With a total of 27 Merlin engines firing at launch, the Falcon 9 can produce 5.13 million pounds of thrust, making it the world’s most powerful launch vehicle.

2022年11月1日 · The Falcon Heavy, created by combining three SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosters into a single vehicle, took aim on a circular orbit some 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator.

2018年2月7日 · The launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on its demonstration flight is another sign that NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is continuing to grow as the nation’s premier, multi-user spaceport. The new vehicle lifted off from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy at 3:45 p.m. EST on Feb. 6.