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Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)

Falcon Heavy. Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.

Launch Successful

Recovery

B1033: Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, Of Course I Still Love You, failed
B1025: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 2, successful
B1023: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 1, successful

2 Landed, 1 Lost

Mission

Test Flight, Heliocentric N/A

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.

Change Log

Detected changes and source updates

No changes recorded yet. New ones will appear here as they happen.

Schedule

No T-0 revisions detected since tracking began.

Launch Record

55th

SpaceX Launch

3rd

SpaceX Launch of 2018

17th

Orbital Launch Attempt of 2018, Worldwide

99d 1h

Since the Pad's Previous Launch

Vehicle

Falcon Heavy

Provider: SpaceX
Reusable: Yes
B1033: Flight 1
B1025: Flight 2, Reused
B1023: Flight 2, Reused
TSLA 10: Tesla Roadster

Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Coordinates: 28.608, -80.604
Local Time: --:--:--

Recovery

B1033B1033: Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, Of Course I Still Love You, failed
The first stage of the Falcon 9 failed to land on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast. According to CEO Elon Musk the center core did not have enough ignition fluid to restart the two outer engines during its final approach to the ship. As a result, the center core was destroyed when it impacted the water at over 480kmh merely 100 meters from the droneship.
B1025B1025: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 2, successful
The strap on booster landed successfully at Landing Zone 2 in unison with its sibling booster.
B1023B1023: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 1, successful
The strap on booster landed successfully at Landing Zone 1 in unison with its sibling booster.

Sources and Freshness

Source Updated
Retrieved

Recovery

B1033B1033: Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, Of Course I Still Love You, failed
The first stage of the Falcon 9 failed to land on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast. According to CEO Elon Musk the center core did not have enough ignition fluid to restart the two outer engines during its final approach to the ship. As a result, the center core was destroyed when it impacted the water at over 480kmh merely 100 meters from the droneship.
B1025B1025: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 2, successful
The strap on booster landed successfully at Landing Zone 2 in unison with its sibling booster.
B1023B1023: Return to Launch Site, Landing Zone 1, successful
The strap on booster landed successfully at Landing Zone 1 in unison with its sibling booster.