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Falcon Heavy

Falcon Heavy is SpaceX's partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle, built from a strengthened center core, two Falcon-derived side boosters, and an upper stage. Its 27 first-stage Merlin engines provide more than five million pounds of liftoff thrust. Twelve missions flew through ViaSat-3 F3 in April 2026, using combinations of recovered side boosters and intentionally expended cores according to mission energy requirements.

Falcon Heavy
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Identity

Aliases
FH
Family Name
Falcon Heavy
Full Name
Falcon Heavy
Status
active
Type
rocket

Details

Description
Falcon Heavy is SpaceX's partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle, built from a strengthened center core, two Falcon-derived side boosters, and an upper stage. Its 27 first-stage Merlin engines provide more than five million pounds of liftoff thrust. Twelve missions flew through ViaSat-3 F3 in April 2026, using combinations of recovered side boosters and intentionally expended cores according to mission energy requirements.
First Flight Year
2,018
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Creation Time
April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
Updated Time
July 29, 2026 at 15:37:51 UTC

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Dimensions
Height M
70
Propulsion Configurations
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Rocket Specs
Liftoff Mass Kg
1,420,788
Payload Capacity Kg
Gto
26,700
Leo
63,800
Reusability
partially_reusable
Stages Count
2
Strap On Boosters Count
2