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Will there be no other test flights of Falcon Heavy?
In this list of Falcon launches, the next flight of a Falcon Heavy in June 2018 will transport several scientific satellites. The mission will be part of the certification process of the new rocket.
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Does anyone know what this camera view is of from Starman/Roadster live footage?
In reviewing the replay video
of the live coverage of Starman/Roadster floating around the Earth I found a camera view that is different from the rest.
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Will SpaceX use a BFR Heavy mode, similar to the Falcon Heavy but with 3 BFR cores? [closed]
Big Falcon Rocket will need several (maybe 6) tanker missions to get enough fuel for a Mars mission.
Does this mean at some point we may witness one BFR Heavy, made of three BFR first stages ...
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How long will we be getting data (pictures?) from Starman and his Tesla?
So originally, I read this article that claimed that the battery in the Tesla launched on the Falcon Heavy would last for about 12 hours after launch. The live video stream was only broadcast for ...
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When is the tesla roadster expected to reach mars [duplicate]
I guess "Reach" is a bad term here.
When is the Tesla roadster expected to be close enough to mars that it can orbit it normally, just as satellites orbit us.
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How far from the launch site was the recovery drone for the center core of the Falcon Heavy test flight?
How far out to sea was the recovery drone Of Course I Still Love You for the Falcon Heavy test flight?
In the future, if there's a Falcon Heavy night launch with a similar flight profile, I'm ...
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When will SpaceX Falcon Heavy Tesla cross Mars orbit?
Elon Musk clearly miscommunicated here. The Tesla is going to take awhile to cross Mars orbit. When will that be?
note: to future readers, the shape of the orbit shown in this tweet is no longer ...
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What's up with Star Man's Roadster's suspension?
On Earth, a vehicle's weight compresses the suspension, and the wheel rims are generally designed to closely fit the contour of the tires with only a small gap between. Take away that weight, the ...
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What is Elon Musk's Roadster orbital period? [duplicate]
On February 6th, 2018, SpaceX launched Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster to an elliptical heliocentric orbit as a dummy payload of the initial flight test of the new Falcon Heavy rocket.
What is the ...
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Can Falcon Heavy side boosters/center core be reused as Falcon 9s?
Since the Falcon Heavy is just essentially 3 Falcon 9s strapped together, would it be possible to reuse them as Falcon 9s with some modification?
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How long will it take for Starman to complete one orbit of the sun?
I have seen that the original estimate to pass by Mars was about 6 months, but the current trajectory overshot Mars by quite a bit. How long until Starman and the Roadster return to complete their ...
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What are the perihelion and aphelion distances of the Falcon Heavy second stage?
What are the perihelion and aphelion of the Falcon Heavy second stage containing the Tesla after yesterday's mission?
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How close will the Tesla Roadster with Starman actually get to Mars?
I know the long term outlook is quite difficult to say, but how close will the Tesla Roadster actually get to Mars on it's first orbit around the Sun?
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How does SpaceX Falcon Heavy Starman live feed transmitter work?
I'm curious to find out answers to the following questions:
Where is the antenna for the live feed transmitter of starman located in the payload?
How is the transmitter being powered?
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Could a Falcon Heavy test flight be responsible for these observations?
We observed a bright, slow moving (in our view for several minutes) large object that eventually left large bright contrails. This was over Northern New Mexico at around 7:29 PM MST. The object was ...
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