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.
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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.
- Dimensions
- Height M
- 70
- First Flight Year
- 2,018
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 18
- Placement
- booster
- Propulsion System
- Role
- booster
- Count
- 9
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- 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
Links
- Official Url
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy/
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- April 26, 2026 at 14:21:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 15:37:51 UTC
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