A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Nov. 1 at 9:41 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the U.S. Space Force USSF-44 mission to geostationary Earth orbit. USSF-44 was SpaceX 50th launch in 2022.
My favorite part of today’s Falcon Heavy launch was when we could see the exhaust cut through the fog shortly after lift off because you can see the center core was throttled down to save prop for after booster separation! Amazing.
The structure of The Falcon Heavy is it is made up of 9 rockets strapped together and 27 engines powering first stage and one engine in second stage.This was the vehicle’s first national security space launch mission, its fourth flight since 2018 and the first in more than three years. The Falcon Heavy debuted in 2018 to much fanfare as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk elected to launch his personal Tesla roadster as a test payload on the launch. The car is still in space, taking an oblong path around the sun that swings out as far as Mars’ orbital path.
Though the Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world, there are two massive rockets waiting in the wings to claim that title.While the Falcon Heavy gives off about five million pounds of thrust, SLS is expected to put off as much as 8.8 million pounds of thrust — 15% more thrust than the Saturn V rockets that powered the mid-20th Century moon landings.
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