It is currently the most powerful rocket in use in the world, with only 3 flights to date.
It promises that the next one will be spectacular, because it will be an undertaking for the Pentagon.
Elon Musk's company has just won a tender for a secret US military mission.
The contract is worth a whopping $ 316 million and, amazingly, there is only one start for that amount, so it's about something really big.
We can guess that it is some very advanced spy satellite or a new generation spacecraft that is large enough that it must be launched into orbit with the most powerful rocket, which is the Falcon Heavy.
this mission will have to modify the cargo cover, or in fact extend it.
But it is not everything.
Vertical cargo integration is also involved, meaning the company will have to slightly modify the famous LC-39A platform, from where the experimental Dragon-2 capsule flight to the space home recently took place. Experts speculate that we may be dealing with a new vehicle.
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Perhaps it will be the successor to the X-37B mini-shuttle, which has been flying into orbit for many years and spending more and more time there.
Recently, NASA announced that it intends to conduct orbit experiments to prepare for a manned flight to the moon.
The new vehicle was to enable the implementation of experiments on a much larger scale.