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{{Infobox rocket launch
| name = Falcon Heavy test flight
| image = Successful Falcon Heavy
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| caption = Falcon Heavy
| rocket = Falcon Heavy
| launch = {{Start date and age|2018|02|06
| operator = [[SpaceX]]
| pad = [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A|LC-39A]]
| payload = [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster]]
| outcome = Success
| boosters = [[List of Falcon 9
| first = B1033
| succession = [[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|Falcon launches]]
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The '''Falcon Heavy test flight''' (also known as the '''Falcon Heavy demonstration mission''') was the first attempt by [[SpaceX]] to launch a [[Falcon Heavy]] rocket on February 6, 2018, at 20:45 UTC.<ref name="falconheavypresskit_v1">{{cite web |url=http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/falconheavypresskit_v1.pdf |title=Falcon Heavy Demonstration Press Kit |publisher=[[SpaceX]] |date=February 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206143738/http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/falconheavypresskit_v1.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2018
==Preparation==
In April 2011, SpaceX was planning for a first launch of Falcon Heavy from [[Vandenberg Air Force Base]] on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] in 2013.<ref name=PR-20110815>{{Cite press release |title=F9/Dragon: Preparing for ISS |url=http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/f9dragon-preparing-iss |publisher=SpaceX |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115070932/http://www.spacex.com/news/2013/02/09/f9dragon-preparing-iss |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=reut20110405>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/space-business-rocket-idUSN0513302920110405 |title=US co. SpaceX to build heavy-lift, low-cost rocket |access-date=April 5, 2011 |date=April 5, 2011 |publisher=Reuters |archive-url=https://
Due partly to the failure of [[SpaceX CRS-7]] in June 2015, SpaceX rescheduled the maiden Falcon Heavy flight in September 2015 to occur no earlier than April 2016,<ref name=sn20150902>{{cite news |last1=Foust |first1=Jeff |title=First Falcon Heavy Launch Scheduled for Spring |url=http://spacenews.com/first-falcon-heavy-launch-scheduled-for-spring/ |access-date=September 3, 2015 |publisher=Space News |date=September 2, 2015}}</ref> but by February 2016 had postponed it again to late 2016. The flight was to be launched from the refurbished [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A]].<ref name="Falcon Heavy 2015 Launch">{{cite web |title=Launch Schedule |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ |publisher=Spaceflight Now |access-date=January 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101234452/http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ |archive-date=January 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=http://spacenews.com/spacex-seeks-to-accelerate-falcon-9-production-and-launch-rates-this-year/ |title=SpaceX seeks to accelerate Falcon 9 production and launch rates this year |publisher=SpaceNews |date=February 4, 2016 |access-date=February 6, 2016}}</ref>
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In December 2017, Musk tweeted that the dummy payload on the maiden Falcon Heavy launch would be [[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster|his personal midnight cherry Tesla Roadster]] playing David Bowie's "Life on Mars", and that it would be launched into an [[heliocentric orbit|orbit around the Sun]] that will take it as far out as Mars' orbit.<ref name='P Plait'>{{cite web |last1=Plait |first1=Phil |title=Elon Musk: On the Roadster to Mars |url= http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/elon-musk-on-the-roadster-to-mars |website=[[Syfy Wire]] |date=December 2, 2017 |access-date= December 7, 2017}}</ref><ref name=sn20171202>{{cite web |url=http://spacenews.com/musk-says-tesla-car-will-fly-on-first-falcon-heavy-launch/ |title=Musk says Tesla car will fly on first Falcon Heavy launch |date=December 2, 2017 |publisher=[[SpaceNews]] |first=Jeff |last=Foust}}</ref> He released pictures in the following days.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knapp |first1=Alex |title=Elon Musk Shows Off Photos of a Tesla Roadster Getting Prepped to Go to Mars |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/12/22/elon-musk-shows-off-photos-of-tesla-roadster-prepped-to-go-to-mars/#54f169f47cbb |magazine=Forbes |access-date=December 23, 2017 |date=December 22, 2017}}</ref> The car has three cameras attached that provided "epic views".<ref name=bbc>{{cite news |title=Elon Musk's huge Falcon Heavy rocket set for launch |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-42950957 |access-date=February 6, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=February 6, 2018 |first=Jonathan |last=Amos}}</ref>
On December 28, 2017, the Falcon Heavy was moved to the launch pad in preparation of a static fire test of all 27 engines, which was expected on January 19, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2018/01/17/updates-spacex-targeting-falcon-heavy-test-fire-ksc-florida-before-launch/1041353001/| title=SpaceX Falcon Heavy status updates: Now targeting Friday for test fire at KSC |last=Kelly |first=Emre |date=January 17, 2018 |newspaper=[[Florida Today]] |access-date=January 18, 2018}}</ref> However, due to the [[January 2018 United States federal government shutdown
The static fire test was conducted on January 24, 2018.<ref name="staticfireverge">{{Cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/24/16841580/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-static-fire-first-launch|title=SpaceX performs crucial test fire of Falcon Heavy, potentially paving way for launch |work=The Verge |access-date=January 24, 2018 |date=January 24, 2018 |first=Loren |last=Grush}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |first=Dennis |last=Kapatos |title=01/24/2018 – Historic Falcon 9 Heavy Test Fire! |date=January 24, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuXHriwQB9g |access-date=January 24, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]] |medium=video}}</ref> Musk confirmed via [[Twitter]] that the test "was good" and announced the rocket would be launched in approximately one week.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=elonmusk |number=956233892637286400|title=Falcon Heavy hold-down firing this morning was good. Generated quite a thunderhead of steam. Launching in a week or so |last=Musk |first=Elon |date=January 24, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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[[File:Tesla Roadster in Falcon Heavy fairing.jpg|thumb|The payload, Elon Musk's original Roadster, mounted on the payload adapter inside the payload fairing]]
[[File:Tesla Roadster mounted on Falcon Heavy upper stage.png|thumb|upright|The Roadster is permanently attached to the upper stage of the Falcon Heavy rocket. |alt=Illustration of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster attached to the upper stage of a Falcon rocket, with a driver wearing a white-and-black spacesuit in the driving seat and the Earth visible in the background.]]
The [[Boilerplate (spaceflight)|dummy payload]] for this test flight was a sports car, [[Tesla Roadster (2008)|Tesla Roadster]], owned by [[Elon Musk]]. SpaceX stated that the payload had to be "something fun and without irreplaceable sentimental value".<ref name="falconheavypresskit_v1"/> Sitting in the driver's seat of the Roadster is "Starman", a dummy astronaut clad in a SpaceX spacesuit.<ref name="PopMech-2018-02-05" /> It has his right hand on the steering wheel and left elbow resting on the open window sill. Starman is named for the [[David Bowie]] song "[[Starman (song)|Starman]]".<ref name="PopMech-2018-02-05" /> The car's sound system was looping the symbolic Bowie songs "[[Space Oddity]]" and "[[Life on Mars?]]".<ref name="wire-2018-02-07">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-successfully-launches-the-falcon-heavyand-elon-musks-roadster/ |title=SpaceX Successfully Launches the Falcon Heavy—And Elon Musk's Roadster |magazine=[[WIRED]] |first=Robin |last=Seemangal |access-date=February 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207003954/https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-successfully-launches-the-falcon-heavyand-elon-musks-roadster/ |archive-date=February 7, 2018
It was launched with sufficient [[Escape velocity|velocity to escape]] the Earth and enter an elliptic [[Heliocentric orbit|orbit around the Sun]] that crosses the orbit of [[Mars]], reaching an [[Perihelion and aphelion|aphelion]] (maximum distance from the Sun) of 1.66 [[Astronomical unit|AU]].<ref name="jpl-horizons">{{cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons_batch.cgi?batch=1&COMMAND=-143205&CENTER='500@10'&MAKE_EPHEM=YES&TABLE_TYPE=ELEMENTS&START_TIME=2018-05-01&STOP_TIME='2018-05-01+00:00:01'&OUT_UNITS=AU-D&REF_PLANE=ECLIPTIC&REF_SYSTEM=J2000&TP_TYPE=ABSOLUTE&ELEM_LABELS=YES&CSV_FORMAT=NO&OBJ_DATA=YES |title=Tesla Roadster (spacecraft) (solution #8) |work=[[JPL Horizons On-Line Ephemeris System]] |date=
This launcher demonstration made the Roadster the first consumer car sent into space.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://futurism.com/experts-elon-musk-roadster/ |title=The First Car in Space |date=December 30, 2017 |work=Futurism, LLC |access-date=January 14, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113145542/https://futurism.com/experts-elon-musk-roadster/ |archive-date=January 13, 2018
Also, included was [[Arch Mission]] 1.2, which is a crystal disk containing Isaac Asimov's [[Foundation series]] of books, on the Tesla Roadster.<ref name="The SpaceX launch included a small library that could orbit the Sun for millions of years">{{cite news |url=http://abc30.com/technology/theres-now-a-library-in-space-that-could-last-millions-of-years/3062830/ |title=The SpaceX launch included a small library that could orbit the Sun for millions of years |publisher=[[KFSN-TV|ABC 30 Action News]] |date=February 10, 2018 |access-date=
There is a copy of [[Douglas Adams]]' 1979 novel ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' in the glovebox, along with references to the book in the form of a [[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Knowing where one's towel is|towel]] and a sign on the dashboard that reads "{{smallcaps|[[Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Don't Panic|Don't Panic!]]}}".<ref>{{cite tweet |user=tiamaria68uk |number=938930620511801345 |access-date=December 8, 2017 |date=December 7, 2017 |title=Will the glove box contain "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy"?}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author-link=Elon Musk |user=elonmusk |number=938947119246860290 |access-date=December 8, 2017 |date=December 8, 2017 |title=Yes |first=Elon |last=Musk}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |author-link=Elon Musk |user=elonmusk |title=Plus a towel and a sign saying 'Don't Panic' |number=939005893634506752 |access-date=December 8, 2017 |date=December 8, 2017 |first=Elon |last=Musk}}</ref> A [[Hot Wheels]] miniature Roadster with a miniature Starman is mounted on the dashboard. A plaque bearing the names of the employees who worked on the project is underneath the car, and a message on the vehicle's circuit board reads "Made on Earth by humans".<ref>{{cite web |title=Elon Musk on Instagram: "Printed on the circuit board of a car in deep space" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/ |website=Instagram |language=en |access-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207035617/https://www.instagram.com/p/Be31IJxgOoK/ |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |url-status=dead
===Rocket configuration===
Falcon Heavy flew in its reusable configuration, allowing for a landing approach of both side boosters and the central core.
The side boosters consisted of two previously flown [[List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters|Falcon 9 first stages]], being reused from the [[Commercial Resupply Services|CRS]]-9 mission in July 2016 and the [[Thaicom 8]] launch in May 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/40985-falcon-heavy-rocket-flight-proven-side-core-boosters |title=Falcon Heavy Demo Mission Today Will Send Two Used Rockets Back to Space |work=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]] |access-date=
Side boosters equipped with a nose cone have different aerodynamic properties than the usual Falcon 9 boosters with a cylindric interstage. For this reason, SpaceX equipped them with larger and sturdier [[grid fin]]s made of titanium, to help guide the atmospheric descent accurately.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.space.com/39618-elon-musk-falcon-heavy-spacex-reaction.html |title='Crazy Things Can Come True': Elon Musk Reacts to Falcon Heavy Launch Success |work=[[Space.com]] |access-date=
The Roadster was mounted on the second stage using a custom-made payload adapter, and was encapsulated in a conventional fairing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/06/launch-timeline-for-falcon-heavys-maiden-flight/ |title=Launch timeline for Falcon Heavy's maiden flight |website=Spaceflight Now |date=February 6, 2018 |first=Stephen |last=Clark |access-date=
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|+Falcon Heavy stages<ref name=sfn_log>{{cite web |url=http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/launchlog.html |title=Launch Log |work=Spaceflight Now |date=March 17, 2017 |access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>
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! Booster{{efn|Bold entries are core boosters presumed available as '''active fleet''': those which have not been expended, destroyed or officially retired.}}<ref name=f9stglog>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/falcon9ft.html#f9stglog |title=SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.2 Data Sheet |first=Ed |last=Kyle |website=Space Launch Report|date=March 25, 2023 }}</ref>
! Version{{efn|Entries with colored background and ♺ symbol denote flights using refurbished boosters from previous flights.}}
! data-sort-type="text" | [[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches|Previous flight No.]]
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! Status<ref name=reddit-cores>{{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/cores |title=Table of Falcon 9 Cores |work=[[Reddit]] |access-date=
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| 1st <small>(side)</small>
| [[B1023]].2 ♺
| [[Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Full Thrust]]
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| [[Thaicom 8]]<ref name="NSF-2017-04-13">{{cite news |title=Falcon Heavy build up begins; SLC-40 pad rebuild progressing well |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/04/falcon-heavy-build-up-slc-40-pad-rebuild-progressing/ |work=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]] |date=April 12, 2017 |access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>
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| [[Falcon 9 Full Thrust|Full Thrust]]
| [[List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2010-2019)#
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| data-sort-value="Dragon CRS-09" | [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon]] [[SpaceX CRS-9|CRS-9]]<ref name="NSF-2017-11-11">{{cite news |title=SpaceX static fires Zuma Falcon 9; engine test anomaly no issue for manifest |first=Chris |last=Gebhardt |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/11/spacex-static-fire-zuma-falcon-9-engine-no-issue-manifest/ |work=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]] |date=November 11, 2017 |access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref>
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=== Objectives ===
[[File:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster (40110304192).jpg|thumb|Last transmitted view en route away from Earth]]
The Falcon Heavy maiden flight was intended to accomplish at least several of the following objectives:
* launch the Falcon Heavy from the pad through the atmosphere, including [[Max Q]] flight phase;
* separate the side booster cores from the continuing first stage center core and upper stage
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* separate the center core and light the upper stage to orbit insertion
* land the central first stage booster core on an [[autonomous spaceport drone ship]], the ''Of Course I Still Love You'', in the [[Atlantic Ocean]]
* relight the upper stage to orbit in the [[
* relight the upper stage again to put the payload into its [[heliocentric orbit]], demonstrating a lifetime for the upper stage suitable for [[geosynchronous orbit]] insertion.<ref name=nasaspaceflight>{{cite news |last1=Gebhardt |first1=Chris |title=SpaceX set to debut Falcon Heavy in demonstration launch from KSC |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/02/spacex-debut-falcon-heavy-demonstration-launch/ |access-date=February 6, 2018 |website=[[NASASpaceFlight]]}}</ref>
The purpose of including the Roadster on the maiden flight was to demonstrate that the Falcon Heavy can launch payloads as far as the orbit of Mars, and it exceeded its projected route by extending its [[aphelion]] to near the [[asteroid belt]] beyond Mars (with a [[Perihelion and aphelion|perihelion]] at the level of Earth's orbit),<ref name="yahoo-tesla-missed-mars">{{cite news |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-apos-tesla-missed-180525262.html |title=Elon Musk's Tesla Missed Mars Orbit After Successful Falcon Heavy Launch |first=Don |last=Reisinger |magazine=[[Fortune Magazine]] |via=[[Yahoo! Finance]] |date=February 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208071454/https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-apos-tesla-missed-180525262.html |archive-date=February 8, 2018
==Flight timeline==
{{Wikinews|SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasts Elon Musk's personal Tesla into solar orbit}}
After a delay of over two hours due to high winds, the launch occurred at 3:45 PM EST, or 20:45 UTC, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida; the Roadster was successfully placed in its orbit, and its two booster cores returned to land at Landing Zones 1 and 2 several minutes later. The sole objective not completed was the landing of the central core; while its fate was initially ambiguous due to signal loss and heavy smoke, Musk confirmed several hours after the launch that the booster had not survived the recovery attempt.<ref name=spaceflightnow_FH_livefeed>{{cite web |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/02/05/falcon-heavy-demo-flight-mission-status-center/ |title=Live coverage: Falcon Heavy blasts off for first time, set for Earth departure burn |first=Stephen |last=Clark |date=
As the launch was a success, most planned events took place in the planned point of time. As the central core landing burn wasn't performed correctly, the exact time of the landing attempt is not known.<ref name="space_com_centralcore"/>
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===Boosters===
[[File:Falcon Heavy Side Boosters landing on LZ1 and LZ2 - 2018 (25254688767).jpg|thumb|The two boosters landing at LZ-1 and LZ-2 at Cape Canaveral]]
Both boosters successfully landed almost simultaneously on the ground at [[Landing Zones 1 and 2]] at [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]]. As the boosters were from an older generation of the Falcon 9 booster, SpaceX has ruled out using any of their major parts for a third mission. Due to the high cost and lengthy manufacturing process of the [[grid fin]]s, however, those were reused on future flights.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/7/16983040/spacex-falcon-heavy-rocket-launch-schedule-spaceflight |title=Here's what's next for SpaceX after Falcon Heavy's first flight |work=[[The Verge]] |date=February 7, 2018 |first=Sean |last=O'Kane |access-date=
===Central core===
The central core attempted to return to the [[autonomous spaceport drone ship]] "Of Course I Still Love You" but failed to light two of the three engines during the landing burn. The core crashed into the ocean {{convert|100|m|ft|-2}} away from the drone ship at {{convert|500|km/h|mph|-2}}, causing damage to two of the drone ship's station-keeping thrusters. According to [[Elon Musk]] on the post-flight conference, the central core ran out of [[triethylaluminum]]-[[triethylborane]] (TEA-TEB) igniter fluid.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnomVVQ2cU |title=Elon Musk celebrates successful Falcon Heavy rocket launch |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=February 6, 2018 |access-date=
===Final stage===
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The second stage fired three times before placing the [[Boilerplate (spaceflight)|dummy payload]] in a [[heliocentric orbit]], with an aphelion of 1.66 AU,<ref name="BGrayElements">{{cite web |url=https://www.projectpluto.com/temp/j95.htm#elements |title=Pseudo-MPEC for 2018-017A |date=
== Reactions ==
[[File:Falcon Heavy maiden launch viewing party.jpg|thumb|Viewing party watching the Falcon Heavy maiden launch stream]]
The test flight was a [[Viral video|viral]] event, attracting extensive news coverage and media attention worldwide,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harwood |first=William |date=2018-02-06 |title=Rocket launch today: SpaceX Falcon Heavy puts on spectacular show in maiden flight - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-spectacular-maiden-flight/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=SpaceX Launches The Falcon Heavy Rocket & Why It's Such A Big Deal For Elon Musk {{!}} TIME |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOHsWf2xSa4 |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Greshko |first=Michael |date=2018-02-10 |title=Exclusive: Watch Elon Musk Freak Out Over the Falcon Heavy Launch |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/elon-musk-reacts-spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-space-science |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=National Geographic |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-07 |title='De jongens van SpaceX zijn de cowboys van de ruimte' |url=https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2215784-de-jongens-van-spacex-zijn-de-cowboys-van-de-ruimte |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=nos.nl |language=nl}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Surendra |last2=Laxman |first2=Srinivas |date=2018-02-08 |title=Like Space X, Isro too working on reusable rocket stages |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/like-space-x-isro-too-working-on-reusable-rocket-stages/articleshow/62825904.cms |access-date=2024-03-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> and becoming a subject of many [[Internet meme|Internet memes]] and [[Parody|parodies]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-01 |title=47 Of The Funniest Reactions To Elon Musk Sending Tesla Car To Mars |url=https://www.boredpanda.com/elon-musk-tesla-in-space-reactions/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601021741/https://www.boredpanda.com/elon-musk-tesla-in-space-reactions/ |archive-date=2020-06-01 |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Padeanu |first=Adrian |date=14 February 2018 |title=Skoda Releases Video Proof Of Sending Superb To Mars |url=https://www.motor1.com/news/233075/skoda-superb-goes-to-mars/ |access-date=2024-03-21 |website=Motor1.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>jschlatt. {{Citation |title=elon r u ok |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8uyilHatBA |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind {{!}} #YouTubeRewind |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbJOTdZBX1g |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref> With over 2.3 million viewers seeing the launch live, the webcast of the Falcon Heavy test flight<ref>{{Citation |title=Falcon Heavy Test Flight |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbSwFU6tY1c |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref> was at the time the second most watched livestream ever on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16981730/spacex-falcon-heavy-launch-youtube-live-stream-record |title=SpaceX's Falcon Heavy launch was YouTube's second biggest live stream ever |publisher=[[The Verge]] |first=Micah |last=Singleton |date=February 6, 2018}}</ref> Approximately 100,000 people watched the launch from Cape Canaveral.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.space.com/39779-falcon-heavy-facts.html |title=Facts About SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket |work=Space.com |access-date=April 29, 2018 |first=Elizabeth |last=Howell |date=February 21, 2018}}</ref>
This launch won both the [[SpaceNews]]'s Award and Readers' Choice's Award of Breakthrough of the Year in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=The SpaceNews Awards for Excellence and Innovation 2018 |url=https://spacenewsawards.com/2018-spacenews-awards/ |website=SNAwards |access-date=November 11, 2019}}</ref> and inspired technology enthusiasts<ref>Donut Media (February 25, 2018). {{Citation |title=We Tried to Launch a Tesla to Space Too |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2szjw6ZpJ4w |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en}}</ref> and start-ups<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-06-12 |title=Russians send Soviet car model into stratosphere |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48615344 |access-date=2024-03-21 |language=en-GB}}</ref> to pay tribute to the Falcon Heavy and its payload.
[[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] tweeted:<ref>{{cite tweet |author-link=Donald Trump |user=realDonaldTrump |number=961073467784421382 |date=February 7, 2018 |title=Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best! |access-date=February 9, 2018 |first=Donald |last=Trump}}</ref> {{blockquote|Congratulations @ElonMusk and @SpaceX on the successful #FalconHeavy launch. This achievement, along with @NASA’s commercial and international partners, continues to show American ingenuity at its best!}}
Former [[NASA]] Deputy Administrator [[Lori Garver]] advocated the cancellation of the [[Space Launch System]] program as a
Later, Elon Musk released a video highlighting the flight, and thanking fans.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FZIwabctw |title=Falcon Heavy & Starman |date=March 10, 2018 |publisher=SpaceX |via=YouTube |medium=video}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mashable.com/2018/03/10/elon-musk-westworld-falcon-heavy-video-sxsw/ |title=Elon Musk drops epic Falcon Heavy launch trailers made by 'Westworld' co-creator |first=Raymond |last=Wong |publisher=[[Mashable]] |date=March 11, 2018}}</ref>
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== Gallery ==
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File:Falcon Heavy clearing the tower 04.jpg|
File:Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (40126462231).jpg|Falcon Heavy ascending
File:Tesla Roadster orbital diagram.png|Expected elliptical orbital path outside Mars
File:Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster (
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== Footnotes ==
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== See also ==
* [[SpaceX Starship orbital test flight]]
* [[Timeline of private spaceflight]]
== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Falcon Heavy Flight 1}}
* SpaceX: {{youTube|wbSwFU6tY1c|Falcon Heavy Test Flight}} (
* SpaceX: {{youTube|aBr2kKAHN6M|Live Views of Starman}} (
* SpaceX: {{youTube|sNgByUWwFKU|Falcon Heavy Demo — Static Fire }} (
* SpaceX: {{youTube|Tk338VXcb24|Falcon Heavy Animation}} (
* NASA Kennedy Space Center: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180207063129/https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/2018/february/rocket-launch-spacex-falcon-heavy "Rocket Launch: February 6, 2018 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy Inaugural Flight"]
* Elon Musk: [https://web.archive.org/web/20171222194659/https://www.instagram.com/p/BdA94kVgQhU/ "A Red Car for the Red Planet"] on ''Instagram'' (
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