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Launch detail
SpaceX • Falcon Heavy • Launch Complex 39A (FL)
SpaceX • Falcon Heavy • LC-39A
Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.
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Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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Side booster paired with B1065, launched 3 USSF missions, EchoStar 24 and the Psyche mission before expended during launch of Europa Clipper.
Side booster paired with B1064, launched 3 USSF missions, EchoStar 24 and the Psyche mission before expended during launch of Europa Clipper.
Falcon Heavy core booster for the EchoStar 24/Jupiter-3 mission. Planned to be expended.