SpaceX delays Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch

SpaceX delays Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch

5 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-delays-falcon-heavys-first-commercial-launch/

The Falcon Heavy's second ever launch will blast off from Pad 39A, the same pad that SpaceX's Falcon 9 lifted off from when ferrying the Crew Dragon capsule to the ISS back in March. It will be carrying Saudi Arabia's Arabsat-6A, a 6,000 kilogram (approx. 13,227 pound) satellite that will provide telecommunications access across the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Should all go well, at least one other Falcon Heavy launch is planned for this year.

SpaceX currently plans to retrieve all three of the Falcon rockets that make up the Heavy, a feat it could not achieve during Heavy's first launch because the core booster missed the drone ship that was designed to capture it and slammed into the Atlantic Ocean.