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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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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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Why is the Falcon Heavy center core recovery done at sea?
Why does SpaceX attempt sea recoveries of the Falcon Heavy center core instead of staying at altitude and performing a land based recovery at a different site?
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Why doesn't SpaceX land boosters in Africa?
Apart from the obvious answer that it'd take too long to get the booster back across the Atlantic, why doesn't SpaceX leave the main or centre booster in space a little bit longer and guide it to land ...
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Did the Falcon Heavy center core miss the drone ship or abort?
On the recent Space Test Program-2 Falcon Heavy launch, the center core crashed into the ocean. Unlike the test flight, however, it was not due to running out of TEA-TEB lighter fluid.
From the video ...
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How deep into space will the live feed from Starman remain active?
Assuming they keep it streaming for us to watch, at what distance will it no longer broadcast?
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What are these yellow devices attached to the Falcon Heavy?
I was looking at the pictures of the newly rolled out Falcon Heavy and I noticed these odd yellow extensions on the payload faring. What are they?
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Why are the Falcon Heavy boosters stacked in a row instead of a triangle?
I wonder if triangle stack would be a better design to handle thrust and stability of the flight.
Photo source (public domain).
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Why does a Falcon Heavy cost more with a heavier payload?
While trying to find the priceof a Falcon Heavy launch, I noticed the following:
\$90M (<8.0mT), [\$130M (>8.0mT)]
Why is there a $40 million difference in price for the heavier payload? Also, ...
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Why does SpaceX's Launch Complex 1 have four contingency landing pads?
An additional four 150 feet (46 m) diameter pads are planned to
support the simultaneous recovery of additional boosters of the Falcon
Heavy.
on Cape Canaveral SpaceX landing Complex/Zone 1 wiki....
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What makes Falcon Heavy with 3 booster 4 times more capable than single booster F9?
Falcon Heavy is expected to take 4 times more mass to LEO than Falcon 9 (53 instead of 13 tons). Are bigger rockets generally about 4/3 times more capable per fuel mass and engine thrust? It doesn't ...
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Why is there so little price difference between the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy?
A Falcon 9 costs 61.2M dollars.
A Falcon Heavy (1 Falcon 9 + 2 boosters) costs 85M dollars.
That means 1 booster of the Falcon Heavy costs only 11.9M dollars.
So, why does a Falcon 9 (9 Merlin 1D + ...
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What is the planned date for the Falcon Heavy Demo launch from Vandenberg AFB?
According to Wikipedia and SpaceX, this demo flight is scheduled for 2014. A group of us from San Diego want to come and watch the launch from a distance. Is there any scheduled date for the launch? ...
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