It's time to bring out the big engines. Those on the Space Coast will soon be in for a treat. Not one, but three Falcon 9 first stage rockets making up the Falcon Heavy are tentatively scheduled ...

The main payload is a military communications satellite called Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM 2, which the Falcon Heavy will send to geostationary orbit, about 22,200 miles (35,700 ...

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off for the first time this year on Sunday, carrying a classified military payload to orbit for the United States Space Force. Dubbed USSF-67, it launched ...

SpaceX launched a triple-core Falcon Heavy rocket for the U.S. Space Force on Sunday, boosting a military communications satellite into space along with a maneuverable payload carrier hosting five ...

Falcon Heavy is currently the most powerful rocket ... in which an unspecified payload was delivered to geosynchronous orbit (GEO)—a distant Earth orbit in which an object orbits at the same ...

This will be SpaceX's first "direct-to-GEO" mission, which means the powerful Falcon Heavy rocket will launch its payload directly into a geostationary orbit nearly 36,000 km above the Earth's ...

The primary goal of this Falcon Heavy mission was to bring its payload of three satellites to a geostationary orbit around Earth at an altitude of around 22,200 miles (35,700 kilometers ...

SpaceX launched a classified payload for the U.S. military on Tuesday morning with a Falcon Heavy—a giant rocket that hasn’t flown in three years. Update: November 1, 10:02 a.m. ET ...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Falcon Heavy blasted off Thursday with a high-capacity telecommunications satellite payload, then landed all three boosters safely. It was the second lift ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On Sunday, January 15, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off to ...

The first successful Falcon Heavy took to the skies in February of 2018, carrying as its payload a red Tesla Roadster, along with a mannequin dubbed 'Starman' − which was adorned in a SpaceX ...