Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-01-2022 08:26 AM
SpaceX video
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, November 1 at 9:41 a.m. ET (13:41 UTC) for Falcon Heavy's launch of the USSF-44 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will land at SpaceX's Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3751 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 11-01-2022 12:18 PM
A magnificent launch (in spite of the fog-bound start) and it's great to see such a powerful rocket back in action.
damnyankee36 Member
Posts: 73 From: Alamogordo, NM USA Registered: Aug 2017
posted 11-01-2022 12:29 PM
Anybody notice the slight difference in separation times of the side boosters? The difference in event times increased as more events occurred all the way down to the landings.
Has that much of a difference happened before? Never noticed...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-01-2022 02:06 PM
The past flights have had the two side boosters landing one after the other, but yes, the separation times were more noticeable on this flight. That said, this is only the fourth flight of Falcon Heavy and so what is normal or not only SpaceX knows.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 01-15-2023 04:01 PM
SpaceX video
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, January 15 at 5:56 p.m. ET (22:56 UTC) for Falcon Heavy's launch of the USSF-67 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will land on SpaceX's Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 04-29-2023 09:51 AM
SpaceX live video
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, April 30 for a Falcon Heavy launch of the ViaSat-3 Americas mission to geostationary orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also on board this mission is Astranis's first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite.
The 57-minute launch window opens at 7:29 p.m. ET (23:29 UTC).
One of the side boosters on this mission previously supported Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO, and three Starlink missions, and the second previously supported launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 07-27-2023 09:57 AM
SpaceX live video
SpaceX is targeting Friday, July 28 for Falcon Heavy's launch of the Hughes JUPITER 3 mission to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 99-minute launch window opens at 11:04 p.m. ET (03:04 UTC on July 27).
Both of the side boosters on this mission previously supported USSF-44 and USSF-67. Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy's two side boosters will land on SpaceX's Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-25-2024 01:46 PM
NASA live video
Watch the launch of the GOES-U weather-observing and environmental monitoring satellite on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket! The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) GOES-U mission, the final addition to the GOES-R series, will help to prepare for two kinds of weather — Earth and space weather.
The two-hour launch window opens at 5:16 p.m. EDT (2116 UTC) Tuesday, June 25, for liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceAngel Member
Posts: 497 From: Maryland Registered: May 2010
posted 10-01-2024 01:18 PM
Just out of curiosity, will Space Launch Complex 40 (a.k.a. "Slick 40") host any of the Falcon Heavy launches or is that only for Pad-39A?
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 53243 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-01-2024 01:19 PM
As of today, Falcon Heavy launches are only planned for and supported on 39A.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1940 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 10-02-2024 11:26 AM
The pad and hangar orientation makes it unable to support a Heavy at SLC-40. A new pad would have to be built at the complex.
posted 11-01-2022 08:26 AM
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