Breaking News | SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy

February 6, 2018 View this email in your browser SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy successfully launched on its inaugural flight here Feb. 6, placing a demonstration payload into orbit and boosting the company's interplanetary ambitions. The Falcon Heavy lifted off at 3:45 p.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A here, after more than two hours of delays due to high upper-level winds. The two side boosters landed at pads designated Landing Zone 1 and 2 at the former Launch Complex 13 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The center core landed on a drone ship downrange, but the status of that booster was not immediately known.  The second stage entered orbit as planned eight and a half minutes after liftoff. A final burn, scheduled for about six hours later, will place the payload, a modified Tesla Roadster electric sports car, into a heliocentric orbit between the orbits of the Earth and Mars. Sponsored by Delivering Affordable, Intelligent Solutions: Honeywell has unequalled expertise in developing and manufacturing hardware and systems to meet the high performance demands of space missions. We are helping to create the next generation of space flight excellence. Copyright © 2018 SpaceNews Inc., All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SpaceNews Inc. 1414 Prince St, Suite 204 Alexandria, VA 22314