SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, the world's most powerful operational rocket
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SpaceX's powerful Falcon Heavy rocket took off Tuesday morning from Florida for a classified national security mission for the Space Force known as USSF-44
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Despite thick fog around pad 39A, the three-core rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center at 9:41 a.m. EDT, then landed its two side boosters at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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Falcon Heavy, the most powerful operational rocket in the world, was built by Elon Musk's SpaceX as a stepping stone to establishing a colony on Mars
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The 230-feet-tall rocket is partially reusable and has three boosters that can produce 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff.
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Why is it called Falcon Heavy
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SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk is a known science fiction fan so it’s no surprise he named his series of Falcon rockets after the Millennium Falcon in the “Star Wars” movies
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The Falcon Heavy is named for its heavy payload capabilities. The Falcon 9 refers to the nine engines that power its first stage.
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This kind of rocket is usually reserved for very large or heavy payloads or payloads destined for locations extremely far away from Earth
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Its latest mission is classified. All we know is that it will carry several payloads for the Space Force.