Wednesday, January 3, 2018
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Prepped For Launch, Zuma Now Set For Friday Launch
Hawthorne-based SpaceX has shown off new photos and videos of its new, heavy lift rocket, the Falcon Heavy, sitting on a launch pad in Florida. SpaceX has not yet said when it plans to launch the Falcon Heavy, only indicating that the launch is likely to happen sometime this month. The next launch for SpaceX is the mysterious "Zuma" rocket, for an un-named U.S. government customer, which is now set for Friday at 8:00 p.m. from Kennedy Space Center. (video of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy embedded below).
With more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff—equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft at full power—Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. https://t.co/NneqPRPr46 pic.twitter.com/oswCUreG6i
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 3, 2018