Falcon-Heavy

Falcon-Heavy [SpaceX]

Falcon-9 is a liquid fueled orbital launch vehicle for medium to heavy sized missions, which is currently under development at SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.). It is techonologically based on the Falcon-1 launch vehicle. Both stages are Kerosene / LOX fueled.

The first stage, which will be reusable after recovery by parachutes, is to be powered by 9 of the SpaceX built Merlin-1C engines with regenerative cooling. The upper stage will use a single Merlin engine and will also be reusable. The Falcon-Heavy is offered with a 5.2 m fairing.

High inclination launches will launch from Vandenberg AFB. Launch site for low inclination launches is Cape Canaveral. An additional launch site near Brownsville, Texas, is also under consideration.

The first flight for a Falcon-Heavy is planned for 2014 from Vandenberg.

Version	Strap-On	Stage 1	Stage 2
Falcon-Heavy	2 × Stage 1 (str.) / 9 × Merlin-1D	Stage 1 (str.) / 9 × Merlin-1D	Stage 2 (str.) / 1 Merlin-Vac

Performance (kg)	LEO	LPEO	SSO	GTO	GEO	MolO	IP
Falcon-Heavy	53000			19500	-	-

No.  TypNo Type             Date          LS           Payload

None


planned launches

      1    Falcon-Heavy     xx.xx.2013    Va SLC-4E   ?
           Falcon-Heavy     xx.xx.2015    CC          Intelsat xx
           Falcon-Heavy     xx.xx.2015    CC          DSX / FORMOSAT 7A/7B/7C/7D/7E/7F / ? / Ballast


Launch Sites

CC    Cape Canaveral, SLC-40
Va    Vandenberg SLC-3W