Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
Falcon Heavy, SpaceX
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch time
No earlier than
NET February 2018
The rocket put its payload into the planned orbit.
How sure is this date?
The source gives unknown precision. Launch plans can change.
Launch probability 90%
Launch record updated by LL2
Feed checkedMission
Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight) on Falcon Heavy. Date unconfirmed. Reported outcome: Success. Launch site: Launch Complex 39A. Source: Launch Library 2.
This will be the inaugural flight of the Falcon Heavy. The test payload will be SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination: An elliptical, heliocentric orbit. Apoapsis: Around Mars' orbital distance.
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Orbit
- Heliocentric N/A
Rocket file imagery
File imagery: Psyche, 13 October 2023. Falcon Heavy lifting off from Launch Complex 39A.
Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani · Public domain (NASA) · SourceMission patches
- SpaceX FH Demo Mission Patch
Patch artwork is not shown because its image licence is unconfirmed.
Launch timeline
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Slip history
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Launch pad
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA (US)
Coordinates: 28.60822681, -80.60428186
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