ASSESSMENTS
Falcon Heavy Rocket Flies Like an Eagle
Feb 6, 2018 | 20:24 GMT
![SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivers a presentation while standing beside scale models of the rockets his company produces.](https://worldview.stratfor.com/sites/default/files/styles/2x1_full/public/spacex-falcon-heavy.jpg?itok=LpqSch1f)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk delivers a presentation while standing beside scale models of the rockets his company produces. The test by SpaceX featured the largest rocket to have been sent on its maiden voyage since the Saturn V.
(BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images)
Highlights
- SpaceX's successful first launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket cements the company atop the space industry, giving it the world's most powerful active rocket.
- Adding the Falcon Heavy to its arsenal will allow SpaceX to secure more contracts for inserting heavier payloads into higher orbits.
- But SpaceX is not done yet, and the Falcon Heavy may only be in service for five to ten years as SpaceX develops a more powerful successor in the future.
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