Launches / Falcon Heavy
Falcon Heavy, flown by SpaceX
This was SpaceX's 51st launch of 2026, and its 670th in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 101st orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the first from Launch Complex 39A.
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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.
13 flights, 13 of them successful. 23 boosters brought back from 25 attempts.
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.
724 launches so far, 709 of them successful. The last 209 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA.
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