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Estreia do foguetão mais potente do mundo
January 31, 2018 -
A SpaceX vai tentar o primeiro lançamento do seu foguetão Falcon Heavy. Com 27 motores que geram mais de dois milhões de quilos de
impulso na descolagem, o lançador de três núcleos será o veículo de
lançamento mais potente do mundo. O muito adiado voo inaugural é uma missão de demonstração sem cliente pagador.
In December, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk announced the rocket would carry his own Tesla Roadster sports car on a trajectory that would take it past the planet Mars. The Falcon Heavy will be “the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two,” according to SpaceX.
Before launch, the Falcon Heavy will perform a critical Static Fire test. A staggered start sequence will see all 27 Merlin 1D engines ignited together.
Once the static fire is complete, data will be reviewed to determine whether a second static fire is necessary before proceeding into the launch campaign.
Falcon Heavy will target the end of January for its maiden voyage with January 25 pencilled in as a No Earlier Than (NET) date if the static fire goes perfectly.