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Falcon Heavy
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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.
Key figures
Total launches
12
Successes
12
Failures
0
Success rate
100.0 %
Success streak
12
Landings
21 of 23
Maiden flight
Feb 6, 2018
Launch cost
$90 Mio.
Reusable
Yes
Shortest launch interval ⓘ
74d 7h
Planned launches
14
Falcon family total
17 launches · 14 successes · 3 failures (2 variants)
🧐 Data check
Automatic plausibility checks — anomalies are surfaced transparently here:
- ℹ️The figures above apply only to the “Falcon Heavy” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately — the Falcon family totals 17 launches across 2 variants.
Technology
Length
70 m
Diameter
12.2 m
Launch mass
1,400 t
Liftoff thrust
22,819 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
63,800 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
26,700 kg
Engines & propellant
| 1st stage | 27× Merlin 1D (3 Cores) | RP-1 / Flüssigsauerstoff |
| 2nd stage | 1× Merlin 1D Vacuum | RP-1 / Flüssigsauerstoff |
Engine and propellant data from curated sources: SpaceX — Falcon Heavy · Wikipedia — Falcon Heavy
Launches per year
of which in our database: 19
Successes Failures Other/planned
History & events
Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs)
- Wikipedia
- https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy/index.html