SpaceX carried out first commercial launch with Falcon Heavy rocket
SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket tasked with placing a Saudi satellite in orbit.
it was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida
SpaceX said the rocket exerts 5.1 million pounds of thrust - that of more than a dozen jetliners.
The rocket is to carry a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending founder Elon Musk's red Tesla roadster into orbit as a test.
The Falcon Heavy had been scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday but was delayed because of fierce winds in the upper atmosphere.
SpaceX has carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket tasked with placing a Saudi satellite in orbit.
it was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida
SpaceX said the rocket exerts 5.1 million pounds of thrust - that of more than a dozen jetliners.
The rocket is to carry a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat, a year after sending founder Elon Musk's red Tesla roadster into orbit as a test.
The Falcon Heavy had been scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday but was delayed because of fierce winds in the upper atmosphere.