#falconheavy — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116954426409877293

Only #SpaceX’s #Falcon9 and #FalconHeavy, and #ULA’s #Vulcan rocket are certified for Lane 2 missions. There are more launch companies qualified for Lane 1 contracts.

In April, Space Systems Command said it had identified 25 additional Lane 2 missions on top of the 54 included in the original contract just one year before. Now, the #SpaceForce is tripling 📈 the maximum value for the Lane 1 contract.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116954426409877293

Only #SpaceX’s #Falcon9 and #FalconHeavy, and #ULA’s #Vulcan rocket are certified for Lane 2 missions. There are more launch companies qualified for Lane 1 contracts.

In April, Space Systems Command said it had identified 25 additional Lane 2 missions on top of the 54 included in the original contract just one year before. Now, the #SpaceForce is tripling 📈 the maximum value for the Lane 1 contract.

Launch Vehicle Cost Comparison (2026)

Vehicle LEO Payload List Price $/kg (LEO)

#FalconHeavy 63,800 kg $97M $1,520
#NewGlenn 45,000 kg ~$85M (est.) ~$1,900
#Falcon9 22,800 kg $67M $2,940
#Neutron (est.) 13,000 kg ~$50M (est.) ~$3,850
#Ariane64 21,650 kg ~$115M ~$5,310
#Vulcan Centaur 27,200 kg ~$120M (est.) ~$4,410
#H3 (Japan) 6,500 kg ~$50M ~$7,690
#Electron 300 kg $7.5M $25,000
#Starship (target) 150,000 kg TBD $100-500 (target)

https://spacenexus.us/guide/space-launch-cost-comparison#cost-per-kg

#LaunchCost

Launch Vehicle Cost Comparison (2026)

Vehicle LEO Payload List Price $/kg (LEO)

#FalconHeavy 63,800 kg $97M $1,520
#NewGlenn 45,000 kg ~$85M (est.) ~$1,900
#Falcon9 22,800 kg $67M $2,940
#Neutron (est.) 13,000 kg ~$50M (est.) ~$3,850
#Ariane64 21,650 kg ~$115M ~$5,310
#Vulcan Centaur 27,200 kg ~$120M (est.) ~$4,410
#H3 (Japan) 6,500 kg ~$50M ~$7,690
#Electron 300 kg $7.5M $25,000
#Starship (target) 150,000 kg TBD $100-500 (target)

https://spacenexus.us/guide/space-launch-cost-comparison#cost-per-kg

#LaunchCost

@SimpleMan 📆 2025 "NASAs Communications Services Project aims to shift from #NASA-run relay systems to #commercial networks. That payload remained attached to the upper stage." https://spacenews.com/new-glenn-launches-nasas-escapade-mars-mission-lands-booster/

Europe's Rosalind Franklin rover will head toward the Red Planet atop a #FalconHeavy rocket in 📆 2028 https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/this-life-hunting-rover-may-be-spacexs-1st-ever-mars-launch

If #SpaceX would provide a #Starlink network (#Marslink) around #Mars, you'd call it an "uncrewed commercial" launch, right ? Similar for other launch providers

@SimpleMan 📆 2025 "NASAs Communications Services Project aims to shift from #NASA-run relay systems to #commercial networks. That payload remained attached to the upper stage." https://spacenews.com/new-glenn-launches-nasas-escapade-mars-mission-lands-booster/

Europe's Rosalind Franklin rover will head toward the Red Planet atop a #FalconHeavy rocket in 📆 2028 https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/this-life-hunting-rover-may-be-spacexs-1st-ever-mars-launch

If #SpaceX would provide a #Starlink network (#Marslink) around #Mars, you'd call it an "uncrewed commercial" launch, right ? Similar for other launch providers

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116657926587537513

Rebuilding the company’s pad, or finishing a new one, will likely take at least a year, even with a major effort by #BlueOrigin.

#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy and #ULA’s #Vulcan vehicles both likely have the lift capacity to push #Mark1 to the Moon 🌙.

It’s now all but certain that a #BlueMoon lander will not be ready for a mission within the next 18 months. #NASA will need to decide whether to wait on Blue Origin or press ahead solely with a #Starship mission

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116657926587537513

Rebuilding the company’s pad, or finishing a new one, will likely take at least a year, even with a major effort by #BlueOrigin.

#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy and #ULA’s #Vulcan vehicles both likely have the lift capacity to push #Mark1 to the Moon 🌙.

It’s now all but certain that a #BlueMoon lander will not be ready for a mission within the next 18 months. #NASA will need to decide whether to wait on Blue Origin or press ahead solely with a #Starship mission

In flight there is more #FalconHeavy than #workshop.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116417915564288153

#SpaceX will launch the #ESA’s Rosalind Franklin #Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a #FalconHeavy rocket

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116417915564288153

#SpaceX will launch the #ESA’s Rosalind Franklin #Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a #FalconHeavy rocket

🛰️📷🚀 Photos incroyables (hors Nadir, non pointé sous le satellite) de #FalconHeavy sur le pas de tir et 38 secondes après le décollage par un satellite BlackSky Gen3

🛰️📷🚀 Photos incroyables (hors Nadir, non pointé sous le satellite) de #FalconHeavy sur le pas de tir et 38 secondes après le décollage par un satellite BlackSky Gen3

#Viasat:
"
Viasat Confirms Successful Launch and Initial Signal Acquisition of ViaSat-3 F3
"
" Successful ViaSat‑3 F3 launch advances Viasat’s global, multi-orbit network strategy."

"Next-Generation Satellite Set to Unlock APAC Capacity Expansion and Global Network Scale"

https://www.viasat.com/news/latest-news/corporate/2026/viasat-confirms-successful-launch-and-initial-signal-acquisition/

29.4.2026

#FalconHeavy #Kommunikationssatellit #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #ViaSat3 #ViaSat3F3

#Viasat:
"
Viasat Confirms Successful Launch and Initial Signal Acquisition of ViaSat-3 F3
"
" Successful ViaSat‑3 F3 launch advances Viasat’s global, multi-orbit network strategy."

"Next-Generation Satellite Set to Unlock APAC Capacity Expansion and Global Network Scale"

https://www.viasat.com/news/latest-news/corporate/2026/viasat-confirms-successful-launch-and-initial-signal-acquisition/

29.4.2026

#FalconHeavy #Kommunikationssatellit #Raumfahrt #satcom #Satelliten #Satellitenkommunikation #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #ViaSat3 #ViaSat3F3

🚀 #FalconHeavy a décollé ce jour avec le satellite de télécommunications Viasat-3 F3

📷 Jenny Hautmann et Max Evans

🚀 #FalconHeavy a décollé ce jour avec le satellite de télécommunications Viasat-3 F3

📷 Jenny Hautmann et Max Evans

Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/falcon-heavy-launches-final-viasat-3-terabit-class-satellite/

Falcon Heavy piercing the clouds 🚀 ☁️

#SpaceX #FalconHeavy

Falcon Heavy piercing the clouds 🚀 ☁️

#SpaceX #FalconHeavy

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #FalconHeavy
🛰 Satellite de communication Viasat-3 F3 construit par Boeing
⏰ 14h13 UTC
🌎 Kennedy Space Center, Floride
📷 SpaceX et Boeing
📺 https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #FalconHeavy
🛰 Satellite de communication Viasat-3 F3 construit par Boeing
⏰ 14h13 UTC
🌎 Kennedy Space Center, Floride
📷 SpaceX et Boeing
📺 https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3

Next #FalconHeavy launch 🚀 Wednesday April 29, 2026 04:13 PM CEST. Launch vehicle was switched from #Ariane64 to Falcon Heavy due to delays 🥱 in #Ariane6 development https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/437/

Next #FalconHeavy launch 🚀 Wednesday April 29, 2026 04:13 PM CEST. Launch vehicle was switched from #Ariane64 to Falcon Heavy due to delays 🥱 in #Ariane6 development https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/437/

🚀 Le vol #FalconHeavy prévu ce jour a été reporté à mercredi 29 avril à partir de 14h13 UTC en raison des mauvaises conditions météo
📷 SpaceX

🚀 Le vol #FalconHeavy prévu ce jour a été reporté à mercredi 29 avril à partir de 14h13 UTC en raison des mauvaises conditions météo
📷 SpaceX

Noin 17.20 lähtee Falcon Heavy. Striimi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqOd6pf0E8 ja kisakatsomo #sirius:hacklab.fi

#avaruus #avaruustekniikka #falconheavy

Noin 17.20 lähtee Falcon Heavy. Striimi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqOd6pf0E8 ja kisakatsomo #sirius:hacklab.fi

#avaruus #avaruustekniikka #falconheavy

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #FalconHeavy
🛰 Satellite de communication Viasat-3 F3 construit par Boeing
⏰ 14h21 UTC
🌎 Kennedy Space Center, Floride
📷 SpaceX et Boeing
📺 https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3

📢 Jour de lancement
🚀 #FalconHeavy
🛰 Satellite de communication Viasat-3 F3 construit par Boeing
⏰ 14h21 UTC
🌎 Kennedy Space Center, Floride
📷 SpaceX et Boeing
📺 https://www.spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3

🚀 C'est le retour de #FalconHeavy !
Le lanceur doit décoller lundi 27 avril à 14h31 UTC avec le satellite ViaSat-3 F3. Premier vol depuis octobre 2024
📷 SpaceX

🚀 C'est le retour de #FalconHeavy !
Le lanceur doit décoller lundi 27 avril à 14h31 UTC avec le satellite ViaSat-3 F3. Premier vol depuis octobre 2024
📷 SpaceX

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116419569201467886

#NASA announced that a #SpaceX #FalconHeavy would launch #ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission to #Mars 🔴

RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspaceflight/116419569201467886

#NASA announced that a #SpaceX #FalconHeavy would launch #ESA’s Rosalind Franklin mission to #Mars 🔴

The 600th safe recovery ♻️ of a #Falcon9 or #FalconHeavy rocket since 2015 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-starlink-17-22-b1097-vsfb-ofisly-600th-falcon-landing

📊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#Booster_landings

#SpaceX

The 600th safe recovery ♻️ of a #Falcon9 or #FalconHeavy rocket since 2015 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-starlink-17-22-b1097-vsfb-ofisly-600th-falcon-landing

📊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#Booster_landings

#SpaceX

🛰️🔭 La NASA annonce le lancement du télescope spatial Nancy Grace Roman en septembre sur #FalconHeavy, en avance sur le planning prévisionnel et en dessous du budget.
#NASARoman

🛰️🔭 La NASA annonce le lancement du télescope spatial Nancy Grace Roman en septembre sur #FalconHeavy, en avance sur le planning prévisionnel et en dessous du budget.
#NASARoman

ESA's Rosalind Franklin Rover Secures Falcon Heavy Launch to Mars in Late 2028 via NASA Partnership

📰 Original title: El rover europeo Rosalind Franklin viajará a Marte en 2028 con un Falcon Heavy

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/esas-rosalind-franklin-rover-secures-falcon-heavy-launch-to-mars-in-late-2028-via-nasa-partnership/?redirpost=872ef68f-94cb-4e93-9fd5-5d0e1bfaae9c

#astronomy #marsrover #esa #falconheavy

ESA's Rosalind Franklin Rover Secures Falcon Heavy Launch to Mars in Late 2028 via NASA Partnership

📰 Original title: El rover europeo Rosalind Franklin viajará a Marte en 2028 con un Falcon Heavy

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/esas-rosalind-franklin-rover-secures-falcon-heavy-launch-to-mars-in-late-2028-via-nasa-partnership/?redirpost=872ef68f-94cb-4e93-9fd5-5d0e1bfaae9c

#astronomy #marsrover #esa #falconheavy

SpaceX also has a Falcon Heavy version which "consists of a center core on which two Falcon 9 boosters are attached, and a second stage on top of the center core." Falcon Heavy has flow 11 times and launched the Europa Clipper probe in 2024. It is due to be replaced by Starship.

Payload: ~57,000 kg LEO, ~26,000 kg GTO
Merlin 1D (3x9+1): ~800 kN each

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy

#FalconHeavy

SpaceX also has a Falcon Heavy version which "consists of a center core on which two Falcon 9 boosters are attached, and a second stage on top of the center core." Falcon Heavy has flow 11 times and launched the Europa Clipper probe in 2024. It is due to be replaced by Starship.

Payload: ~57,000 kg LEO, ~26,000 kg GTO
Merlin 1D (3x9+1): ~800 kN each

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy

#FalconHeavy

#NASA:
"
Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation (ROSA) Project
"
" .. ROSA project .. provides specific hardware + services .. in support of their Rosalind Franklin Mission to Mars, including a launch vehicle .., the propulsion system for ..lander platform, RHUs for .. rover.. + portions of the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer scientific instrument."

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/mars-rosa/2026/04/16/nasa-begins-implementation-for-esas-rosalind-franklin-mission-to-mars/

16.4.2026

#ESA #Exomars #ExomarsRover #FalconHeavy #Raumfahrt
#RosalindFranklin #ROSA #Rover #SpaceFlight #SpaceX

#NASA:
"
Rosalind Franklin Support and Augmentation (ROSA) Project
"
" .. ROSA project .. provides specific hardware + services .. in support of their Rosalind Franklin Mission to Mars, including a launch vehicle .., the propulsion system for ..lander platform, RHUs for .. rover.. + portions of the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer scientific instrument."

https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/mars-rosa/2026/04/16/nasa-begins-implementation-for-esas-rosalind-franklin-mission-to-mars/

16.4.2026

#ESA #Exomars #ExomarsRover #FalconHeavy #Raumfahrt
#RosalindFranklin #ROSA #Rover #SpaceFlight #SpaceX

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NewSpaceEconomy/116350097902770911

Each #SLS and #Orion #Artemis launch costs approximately $4.1 to $4.2 billion 💰💰💰💰.

#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy rocket, which recovers and reuses ♻️ its boosters : $100 million 💵 per flight.

~ 42 Falcon Heavy launches for the price of a single SLS launch

RE: https://mastodon.social/@NewSpaceEconomy/116350097902770911

Each #SLS and #Orion #Artemis launch costs approximately $4.1 to $4.2 billion 💰💰💰💰.

#SpaceX’s #FalconHeavy rocket, which recovers and reuses ♻️ its boosters : $100 million 💵 per flight.

~ 42 Falcon Heavy launches for the price of a single SLS launch

Flight is the end of #FalconHeavy.

#FalconHeavy has a cost per kilogram to #LEO of approximately $1,400 💵 per kg. The cost per kilogram to orbit using the #SpaceX #Starship is approximately $94 🪙 https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/01/spacex-starship-roadmap-to-100-times-lower-cost-launch.html

#LaunchCost

#FalconHeavy has a cost per kilogram to #LEO of approximately $1,400 💵 per kg. The cost per kilogram to orbit using the #SpaceX #Starship is approximately $94 🪙 https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2025/01/spacex-starship-roadmap-to-100-times-lower-cost-launch.html

#LaunchCost

Country is the shortest path from city to #FalconHeavy.