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What are Falcon Heavy?

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What are Falcon Heavy?

Falcon Heavy is a large cargo-lifting rocket built by the US corporation SpaceX with funding from South African-born American entrepreneur Elon Musk. Falcon Heavy is part of the privately developed family of three Falcon launch vehicles - Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.

Falcon Heavy is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Falcon Heavy has the highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle. Falcon Heavy is designed to carry 53,000 kg to orbit, nearly twice
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Updated On : 08 Feb 2018 | 12:25 PM IST

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Elon Musk's SpaceX planning to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6

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Updated On : 28 Jan 2018 | 10:50 AM IST