Launch vehicle · SpaceX

Falcon Heavy

RocketsSuper heavy-lift

Imagery

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Demo Flight - Landing — SpaceX Falcon Heavy Demo Flight - Landing
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket’s two side cores descend toward landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following a successful liftoff at 3:45 p.m.
2018
NASA/Kennedy · NASA media (public domain)
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Overview

A heavy-lift rocket by SpaceX built from three Falcon 9 cores, with reusable side boosters.

Components & hardware

Family

Engines

Launch pads

Launch Complex 39A

Knowledge connections

Operated bySpaceX
LaunchedEuropa Clipper
LaunchedPsyche
Member of familyFalcon
Launched fromLaunch Complex 39A
Powered byMerlin 1D
Derived fromFalcon 9
LaunchedLightSail 2

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

SpaceXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship, and the Merlin/Raptor engines — manufacturer specifications and launch data.