Falcon-Heavy

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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.

Planned launch site is Cape Canaveral launch pad (SLC-40) for low inclination launches.

The first flight for a Falcon-Heavy is planned for 2013.

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

Launch Sites

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