Space triumph Elon musk: who needs super-heavy rocket, the Falcon Heavy
Rocket, the Falcon Heavy carries a convertible Tesla to the space. The trajectory is slightly modified, so the first space vehicle is moving in the direction of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But what will be the fate of the rockets SpaceX in the future?
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The most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy started on 6 February (23:45 GMT) from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral. Company SpaceX made a live broadcast of the launch. What achievements have managed to cover this launch, and what challenges await the new missile.
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The launch was a success overall, although not all objectives were achieved. For example, the payload — a red convertible Tesla Elon musk — was successfully launched on a flight path and went into deep space song Space Oddity by David Bowie. Originally it was planned that it will reach the orbit of Mars, but later Elon Musk has announced via Twitter that the trajectory leads the Falcon Heavy to the side of the asteroid belt between the red planet and Jupiter.
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It was planned that all three of the first stage will be planted on the Ground, which allows them to be used in the future, but the Central upper stage (working longer side) was not able to successfully land on a sea platform “Of Course I Still Love You” in the Atlantic ocean. In General, all these little things are minor, since this is the first launch of super-heavy rocket SpaceX. While Elon Musk had the audacity in the first test starting to use the three previously used first stage.
Progress
The head of the space the company previously expressed concerns that the missile may explode at the start, but a successful start has shown that mankind has learned even new projects start on the first try. In fairness, we note that the first launch of “Saturn-5” and “Energy” also were successful. Of super-heavy rockets failed was the first start only for the Soviet moon rocket “N-1”, but in the future the engineers are unable to get to fly.