SpaceX set to launch Falcon Heavy Feb 6 1:30 EST

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Nearly seven full years since it announced plans for the Falcon Heavy rocket, SpaceX is finally poised to actually deliver on its promise to launch its colossal vehicle into space. The company has received the all-important approval from federal officials to send its rocket skyward and it’s all going down tomorrow, for better or worse.

SpaceX initially planned to launch the Heavy as early as 2013, though it quickly became clear that it had bitten off far more than it could chew. Numerous delays and setbacks followed, the latest of which was the shutdown of the US government which caused a hiccup in the testing schedule for the Falcon Heavy’s engines. But that’s all in the past now, and all that’s left to do is see whether or not the launch ends in success, utter catastrophe, or somewhere in between.


The Falcon Heavy launch window will open at 1:30 pm EST on Tuesday, and the spacecraft will be awaiting the all-clear from its spot on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida. The launch window will remain open for a period of two and a half hours, closing at approximately 4:00 pm EST. Officials are hopeful that the weather will play nice with that time slot, and the US Air Force is forecasting an 80% chance of calm skies.



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/spacex-gets-approval-falcon-heavy-launch-happening-tomorrow-143630255.html

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