USSF-52Falcon Heavy SpaceX Launch Status Date/Time May Change Projected To Launch October, 2021 Watch In Person Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 183 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon Heavy Length: 70 meters Diameter: 12.2 meters First Launch: February 6, 2018 The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and will consist of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage. The Falcon Heavy rocket has been launched a total of 3 times with 3 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency SpaceX Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon Spacecraft: Dragon Country: USA Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule