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Falcon-Heavy (Block 5)

Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) (STP-2)
[SpaceX]

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

The first stage, which will be reusable after recovery by powered landing, 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 the former Shuttle pad at Cape Canaveral, LC-39A. An additional launch site at Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas, was also under construction, but this site has in 2018 been dedicated for the Starship development.

The first flight for a Falcon-Heavy was originally planned for 2014 from Vandenberg, but has been moved to Cape Canaveral in 2015, eventually delayed to early 2018. All subsequent rockets are the improved Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) series.

Version Strap-On Stage 1 Stage 2
Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) 2 × Stage 1 (str., reusable) / 9 × Merlin-1D Stage 1 (str., reusable) / 9 × Merlin-1D (upr.+) Stage 2 (str.) / Merlin-1D-Vac (upr.+)
Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP
Falcon-Heavy (Block 5) 8000
No.  TypNo Type                 Serial/Core         Date          LS          Payload 

 71   1    Falcon-Heavy b5      B1055.1/52.1/53.1   11.04.2019     CCK LC-39A  Arabsat 6A
 75   2    Falcon-Heavy b5      B1057.1/52.2/53.2   25.06.2019  r  CCK LC-39A  DSX / FORMOSAT 7A / 7B / 7C / 7D / 7E / 7F / GPIM / OTB 1 / NPSat 1 / Oculus-ASR / Prox 1 /
                                                                               LightSail 2 / ARMADILLO / FalconSat 7 / E-TBEx A, B / PSat 2 / BRICSat 2 / Prometheus 2.6 /
                                                                               Prometheus Mass Model / TEPCE 1, 2 / CP 9 (LEO) / StangSat


planned launches: 

           Falcon-Heavy b5      .                   xx.xx.2024     CCK LC-39A  Griffin 1 (VIPER, CLPS 6)
           Falcon-Heavy b5      .                   xx.xx.2026     CCK LC-39A  Griffin 2 (CLPS x)


F       failure
P       partial failure
p       partial failure (prime payload in usable orbit)
r       recovery failure (prime mission successful)
n       no recovery attempted (only for recoverable missions)

  
Failures:

Flight 75: Stage 1 core stage landing failure


Launch sites:

CCK = NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA USA
Va  = Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA USA
  

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