SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket may fly again as soon as April 7, if the reporting of CNBC proves accurate. The news outlet cites anonymous sources in its story, and SpaceX so far hasn’t confirmed the launch. The rocket’s first and last flight was in February 2018, when it successfully launched Elon Musk’s Tesla roadster into space.
Falcon Heavy’s next mission would fly a communications satellite into space for Arabsat, a Saudi Arabian company. It would launch from SpaceX’s usual site at Kennedy Space Center’s Launchpad 39A in Florida.
Falcon Heavy is a monster version of SpaceX’s usual Falcon 9 rocket. It combines three Falcon 9 rockets (each composed of 9 individual rockets, as their name implies) for its first stage. Each of these can theoretically be landed and reused for future missions. During its first flight in 2018, only the two side-boosters were recovered. The third, middle rocket, which is ...
