Watch the highlights of SpaceX's launch of its triple-booster FalconHeavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday evening.
The Falcon Heavy lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:56 p.m. ET on Sunday, January 15.Minutes after leaving the launchpad, the two side boosters returned to Earth, touching down at Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral, just a short distance from the launch site.SpaceX livestreamed the early stages of the mission. Here’s the rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center. Falcon Heavy Ascends pic.twitter.
A short while later, the two side boosters made a perfect landing on terra firma, enabling them to be reused for future missions, whether as part of the Falcon Heavy or for single-booster Falcon 9 launches. Drone shot of Falcon Heavy's side boosters landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 pic.twitter.com/JfYRWDIi1j This was the second launch for the powerful Falcon Heavy since November 2022, and the fifth since its first launch in February 2018.
At launch, the Falcon Heavy uses around 5 million pounds of thrust to carry its payloads to orbit. In terms of power, the Falcon Heavy sits between SpaceX’s dependable Falcon 9 rocket, which features around 1.7 million pounds of thrust at launch, and the under-development Super Heavy, which will pack a colossal 17 million pounds of thrust when it roars skyward for the first time, possibly in the next couple of months.
At the current time, the most powerful operational rocket is NASA’s Space Launch System , which launched for the first time in November when it carried the lunar-bound Orion spacecraft to orbit in the Artemis I mission. Today's tech news, curated and condensed for your inbox Check your inbox! Please provide a valid email address to continue. This email address is currently on file. If you are not receiving newsletters, please check your spam folder. Sorry, an error occurred during subscription. Please try again later. Privacy Policy Use a different email Editors' Recommendations
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