Falcon Heavy | Demo (Test Flight)
SpaceX · Falcon Heavy · Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
SpaceX's 55th launch · 3rd this year · humanity's 5,723rd orbital launch attempt
February 6, 2018Add to calendar
Success90% go
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Feb 6, 18:30 – Feb 6, 21:00 UTC
Flight preview
Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
This will be the inaugural flight of the Falcon Heavy. The test payload will be SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination: An elliptical, heliocentric orbit. Apoapsis: Around Mars' orbital distance.
Test Flight · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
Crew
StarmanSpace Traveller · SpX
Booster
- B1033 · flight 1 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landing failed · zone record 209/217
- B1025 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 2 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Full Thrust | SpX CRS-9 · zone record 17/17
- B1023 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Full Thrust | Thaicom 8 · zone record 53/54
Watch
- Live Views of Starman — SpaceX
- Falcon Heavy Test Flight — SpaceX
