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Feasibility of landing all 3 Cores of the Falcon Heavy on Droneships [duplicate]
All of the Falcon Heavy launches up to now are either expending the Center core and landing the side boosters on land, or expending all of them (some examples: Falcon Heavy test flight, both boosters ...
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Landing Zones 1 and 2 in Cape Canaveral and yet launching from KSC?
On Google Earth, I saw Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center (KSC) are separate sites. However, I do not understand why SpaceX lands it's boosters on LZ 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral but launches them ...
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Are Falcon Heavy fairings reused?
I heard a lot about SpaceX reusing the fairings from the Falcon 9. Do they/ are they planning to do the same for Falcon Heavy?
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Why are only 2 out of the 3 boosters on Falcon Heavy reused?
In this picture it shows that the side boosters of the Falcon heavy will land. However, the middle booster is not going to land. Why is this the case?
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Why hasn’t SpaceX sent anything to Mars yet?
SpaceX has the rockets to send some payload to Mars. The Falcon heavy can carry up to 16.8 tons to Mars according to this answer: Why can Falcon Heavy bring 4.2 times as much mass to Mars than F9, but ...
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Why doesn’t SpaceX use Falcon Heavy to launch Starlink satellites?
In this chart that I found here (https://i.sstatic.net/f8wOR.jpg)
It shows that the price of 1 kg to LEO is cheaper on the Falcon Heavy than the Falcon 9. Also the Falcon Heavy can carry more payload ...
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Will Roadster ever encounter Mars?
During it first closest approach to Mars, it was a mere 5 million miles away from the red planet. According to observer.com, it's ultimate fate will be to crash into the Earth or Venus. However, since ...
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Do the maximum launch capability figures of Falcon Heavy includes payload adaptor fairings or launch vehicle adaptors?
I would like to learn if stated payload capabilities of Falcon Heavy includes PAF. According to Falcon User's Guide, SpaceX has two different PAF for Falcon 9. In the said document, smaller PAF doesn'...
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What is the reliability of the Merlin engine?
I know that Merlin is extremely reliable, at least over 99%. I do know of one time when one failed, on Falcon 9's fourth launch. SpaceX had used hundreds, if not thousands, of them. I assume there is ...
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What is the cost breakdown of a Falcon Heavy launch?
I don't know if this was already asked, but I'm very curious about the cost breakdown of a Falcon Heavy launch and what the difference is from Falcon 9's cost per launch. Would it be more or less per ...
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Spacex NASA GOES-U 2024 contract to use Falcon Heavy?
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-awards-launch-services-contract-for-goes-u-mission
Why would they use Falcon-Heavy instead of Falcon-9 FT for the GOES-U 2024 satellite launch?
Falcon-9 FT has ...
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What is this line, what is it called, what is the reason behind it?
I started following SpaceX recently.
I used to read the updates but now I am diving deeper to learn new things.
SpaceX is fascinating and I really like everything about it.
But I have question, I don'...
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What damage/repairs have to be done to the launch pad every time SpaceX launches?
As SpaceX is a company that is very focused on rapid reusability, low-cost operation and a philosophy of "the best part is no part", what repairs have to be done to the towers and general ...
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Space-X Falcon-9 and Falcon Heavy fuel consumed for landing
The question is, how much fuel is used by each of above rockets for landing (in % of whole fuel of the rocket) as a function of three following components - payload, orbit and descend trajectory (land/...
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How and/or why did Elon Musk mistweet Roadster's C3 so badly?
In this answer to How close would the Tesla Roadster with Starman have to get to Earth in order to become attracted and fall on Earth? I just wrote:
When Roadster was launched from Earth Elon Musk ...
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