Falcon Heavy successfully takes off
Video from the channel Radio-Canada Info about Falcon Heavy, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 2:07. Language: French. Video type: News.
News report by Radio-Canada on the Falcon Heavy's liftoff from Cape Canaveral, with clear skies and the winds now calm. It presents the rocket as the largest since NASA's Saturn V, with 27 engines and thrust comparable to that of 18 Boeing 747s at takeoff.
About two and a half minutes after liftoff, the two side boosters separated and landed simultaneously at SpaceX's site. The core booster was to be recovered later on a barge in the Atlantic. The only payload was Elon Musk's red Tesla.
According to SpaceX, the Falcon Heavy can put three times as much payload into orbit as its competitors for two to three times less the price. The report presents it as a step that could lower the cost of access to space.