Falcon Heavy launched yesterday for just the second time ever, a success in every way. Or, as they like to say at SpaceX, it was a "nominal" launch that worked just as planned.
Two Falcon 9 side boosters landed safely back on earth eight minutes later and will be used again in the future. The central core booster landed safely on a drone ship in the Atlantic.
FH placed a satellite into orbit for its first commercial customer, Arabsat:
"Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)---a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel--Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost."
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