Description: Space Test Program 2 is a rideshare managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), launching from LC-39A, KSC. Most of the spacecraft will be delivered into low Earth orbit (LEO) in two deployment sequences separated by a second stage burn. These LEO payloads include the six Taiwan and United States owned COSMIC-2 microsatellites, the Planetary Society's LightSail-B demonstrator cubesat, and others. The third and final deployment will be the Air Force Research Lab's DSX spacecraft, which will be delivered to a medium Earth orbit (MEO). This mission will reuse the side cores from Arabsat 6A, which will return to LZ-1, and LZ-2. The new center core will boost back to land on OCISLY less than 40 km from the launch site.
- Information:
- Flight number: 81
- Flight date: 6/25/2019
- Static fire: 6/19/2019
- Status: Exitoso
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Information:
State: Active
Company: SpaceX
First Flight: 2018-02-06
Country: United States
Success Rate: 100%
Description: With the ability to lift into orbit over 54 metric tons (119,000 lb)--a mass equivalent to 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.
Details:
- Rocket Details:
- Height: 70 meters / 229.6 feet
- Diameter: 12.2 meters / 39.9 feet
- Mass: 1420788 kg / 3125735 lb
- Stages: 2
- Boosters: 2
- Cost per Launch: $90000000
- Engines:
- Type: merlin
- Version: 1D+
- Layout: octaweb
- Thrust vacuum:
- Engine Loss Max: 6
- Propellant 1: liquid oxygen
- Propellant 2: RP-1 kerosene
- Thrust to Weight: 180.1
- Payload Weights:
- Low Earth Orbit: 63800 kg / 140660 lb
- Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit: 26700 kg / 58860 lb
- Mars Orbit: 16800 kg / 37040 lb
- Pluto Orbit: 3500 kg / 7720 lb
- Landing Legs:
- Number: 12
- Material: carbon fiber
First and Second Stage
| Stage | Thrust vacuum kN/lbf | Reusable | Engines | Fuel Amount Tons | Burn Time Sec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24681 / 5548500 | Yes | 27 | 1155 tons | 162 sec |
| 2 | 934 / 210000 | Yes | 1 | 90 tons | 397 sec |
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