2018 · SpaceX

Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)

successFalcon Heavy | Demo (Test Flight)

This will be the inaugural flight of the Falcon Heavy. The test payload will be SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's midnight cherry Tesla Roadster playing Space Oddity. Destination: An elliptical, heliocentric orbit. Apoapsis: Around Mars' orbital distance.

Overview

Date / time: February 6, 2018 at 08:45 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 39A
Mission: Demo Flight 1 (Maiden Flight)
Mission type: Test Flight
Orbit achieved: Heliocentric N/A

Payloads deployed · 1

TESLA ROADSTER

Heliocentric