Morgen krijgt de wereld de eerste vlucht te zien van de op dit moment grootste operationele raket op planeet Aarde: de SpaceX Falcon Heavy.
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![]() With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost. Falcon Heavy draws upon the proven heritage and reliability of Falcon 9. Its first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit. Falcon Heavy was designed from the outset to carry humans into space and restores the possibility of flying missions with crew to the Moon or Mars. You can watch the test flight live below and find out more about the launch in our press kit (PDF, 262 kB). Lift-off: Dinsdag 6 februari 19:30 20:50 21:15 (window tot 22:30)
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![]() 00:01:06 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket) 00:02:29 Booster engine cutoff (BECO) 00:02:33 Side cores separate from center core 00:02:50 Side cores begin boostback burn 00:03:04 Center core engine shutdown/main engine cutoff (MECO) 00:03:07 Center core and 2nd stage separate 00:03:15 2nd stage engine starts 00:03:24 Center core begins boostback burn 00:03:49 Fairing deployment 00:06:41 Side cores begin entry burn 00:06:47 Center core begins entry burn 00:07:58 Side core landings 00:08:19 Center core landing 00:08:31 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1) 00:28:22 2nd stage engine restarts 00:28:52 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2) Mission continues on an experimental long coast and third stage two burn to target a precessing Earth-Mars elliptical orbit around the sun |
[ Voor 25% gewijzigd door Balance op 06-02-2018 21:14 . Reden: Tijdlijn, Mission Patch en nog wat Specs toegevoegd | Flight-plan toegevoegd ]