Falcon Heavy test flight
Falcon Heavy launching from LC-39A | |
| Falcon Heavy launch | |
|---|---|
| Launch | February 6, 2018, 20:45 UTC |
| Operator | SpaceX |
| Pad | Kennedy LC-39A |
| Payload | Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster |
| Outcome | Success |
| Components | |
| Boosters | B1023 and B1025 |
| First stage | B1033 |
| Official insignia for the flight | |
| Falcon launches | |
The Falcon Heavy test flight (also known as the Falcon Heavy demonstration mission) was the first attempt by SpaceX to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018, at 20:45 UTC. The successful test introduced the Falcon Heavy as the most powerful rocket in operation at the time, producing five million pounds-force (22 MN) of thrust and having more than twice the payload capacity of the next most powerful rocket, United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy.