SpaceX is set to carry two dozen satellites into space Monday night aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket and spread them across the sky in a marathon mission. Musk has described it as the company’s “most difficult launch ever.”
and formally challenged the Air Force’s decision last month.
SpaceX is still eligible to participate in a second phase of the competition, which will award launch contracts to two competitors.The launch, known as Space Test Program-2, was designed to test the capabilities of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, which has launched twice before. The rocket is set to deploy satellites in three different orbits. The mission will also involve four second-stage engine burns to take the satellites to their destinations.
Even if the launch is a failure, it will not necessarily spell doom for SpaceX’s national security launch business, largely because of the mission’s complexity and the company’s track record with its single-stick Falcon 9 rocket, Cáceres said. Monday night’s launch will also mark the first time the Air Force will launch payloads with used SpaceX rockets. About eight minutes after liftoff, the Falcon Heavy’s side boosters — which were used during an April mission — are set to land at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
SpaceX will try to land the rocket’s center core booster on a floating platform at sea about 11 minutes after liftoff.
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