Rocket: Falcon Heavy

Type: rocket   Active ✅

First Flight: Tue Feb 06 2018

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🧾 Rocket Information

Company: SpaceX

Country: United States

📆 Rocket History and Details

Description: With the ability to lift into orbit over 54 metric tons (119,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.

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🔢 Stats

Cost Per Launch ($): 90,000,000

Success Rate (%): 100

Stages: 2

Boosters: 2

📦 Payload Weights

OrbitWeight (kg)Weight (lbs)
Low Earth Orbit63,800 kg140,660 lbs
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit26,700 kg58,860 lbs
Mars Orbit16,800 kg37,040 lbs
Pluto Orbit3,500 kg7,720 lbs

📏 Mass and Dimensions

Height (m/ft): 70 m / 229.6 ft

Diameter (m/ft): 12.2 m / 39.9 ft

Mass (Kg/Lbs): 1420788 Kg / 3125735 Lbs

1️⃣ First Stage Details

  • Engines: 27
  • Reusable: Yes
  • Fuel: 1155 tons
  • Burn Time: 162 sec
  • Thrust (Sea Level): 22819 kN
  • Thrust (Vacuum): 24681 kN

2️⃣ Second Stage Details

  • Engines: 1
  • Reusable: No
  • Fuel: 90 tons
  • Burn Time: 397 sec
  • Thrust: 934 kN

⚙️ Engine Information

  • Type: merlin
  • Version: 1D+
  • Layout: octaweb
  • Propellants: liquid oxygen + RP-1 kerosene
  • Thrust-to-weight: 180.1
  • ISP (Sea Level): 288
  • ISP (Vacuum): 312