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SpaceX's First Falcon Heavy Rocket Test Launch
Set for Feb. 6
SpaceX will attempt the first launch of its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on Feb. 6,
the company's CEO Elon Musk said Saturday (Jan. 27).
The much-anticipated maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from the historic Launch Pad 39A — the same one used for NASA's Apollo moon missions and space shuttle flights — at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Musk's announcement came three days after SpaceX test-fired the Falcon Heavy's 27 first-stage engines
for the first time at the launchpad on Wednesday (Jan. 24).
"Aiming for first flight of Falcon Heavy on Feb. 6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy," Musk wrote on Twitter.
"Easy viewing from the public causeway."
While Musk did not specify a launch time for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, the mission may lift off during a three-hour launch window that opens at 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT), according to a SpaceNews report.
A backup launch date is available the following day, SpaceNews added.
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SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018.
Credit: SpaceXSpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket.
Its first stage consists of three Falcon 9 cores that are designed to return to Earth after launch much like
the company's solo Falcon 9 flights.
The heavy-lift rocket stands 230 feet tall (70 meters) and is designed to launch payloads of up to 119,000 lbs. (57 metric tons) into space. It can carry twice the load of its nearest rival: the Delta IV Heavy built by the United Launch Alliance.
For its debut flight, the Falcon Heavy is carrying Elon Musk's Tesla Roadsterinto space. Musk has said the launch, if successful, will deliver the Roadster into a heliocentric orbit that will eventually send the midnight-cherry-red electric car by Mars.However, Musk has repeatedly attempted to lower expectations for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, saying there is a fair chance the launch could fail."There's a lot that could go wrong there," Musk said last year.
"I encourage people to come down to the Cape to see the first Falcon Heavy mission; it's guaranteed to be exciting."
And Musk isn't alone in promising excitement. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), which offers tickets to view launches from Florida's Space Coast, unveiled a series of Falcon Heavy launch viewing packages on Thursday (Jan. 25).
Those launch viewing packages range in price from $35 per person (for simple viewing access and parking) to the already-sold-out $195 per person "Feel the Heat" package, which offers two-day admission to the KSC Visitor Complex, transportation to a viewing area at the complex's Apollo/Saturn V Center, a trip to the Shuttle Landing Facility, a catered meal, SpaceX hat and other amenities."When SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's famed Pad 39A, the same launchpad from which Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set course for the moon on Apollo 11 in 1969, a new kind of history will be made," KSCVC representatives said in the announcement.SpaceX's Falcon Heavy test flight will come one week after the company's next mission. That flight will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GovSat-1 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
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AND........Rocky's got an 'in'.
5 million pounds of thrust.
If it goes off I hope to be there.
Current largest rocket in operation. Delta IV Heavy. Trans-sonic 5 x.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy401hkXuk
Your best grammy alternative right here, right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=46&v=sk1TP5EkLS4
I was there for this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HTVMh7fur4
Drumming was a bit weak without the Mooner
but the rest of the boys carried the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKMbNE2F0lQ
They killed disco single-handed and for
that alone they should get a medal.
good morning, qts!
could be a messy drive home this afternoon
Today
Cloudy. Snow beginning this afternoon. Amount 5 cm. Wind northeast 20 km/h. High minus 2.
4:41 AM EST Monday 29 January 2018
Special weather statement in effect for:
- City of Toronto
Total snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 cm.
A cold front and associated weak low are expected to move slowly across Southern Ontario today. This frontal zone is forecast to become active and generate appreciable snow in some areas. It will begin this afternoon over portions of the Golden Horseshoe and continue this evening before tapering off later tonight.
Motorists and commuters should plan for accumulating snow for the Monday evening commute.
good morning
Happy Monday Q sters,
That's it for the warmer weather for a while. Colder this week & white stuff expected for the drive home \7 the drive in tomorrow.
BTW, 50 more days till Spring.
* January 29 *
cash track ===> LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - THE BEATLES