SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launch on Wednesday will be the company's first to carry a payload for a paying customer
Falcon Heavy will vault a pricey communications satellite into orbit for Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat. Liftoff is scheduled for between 6:30 and 8:30 pm ET Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is by far the most powerful operational rocket in the world. And with a sticker price of $90 million, it is also about a third of the price of its closest competitor, United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy.
But the middle booster missed a seaborne platform it was designed to land on, and instead splashed into the ocean. SpaceX is expected to attempt to land all three this week.Elon Musk's Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket in February 2018 with a dummy driver named Starman.
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