The launch of super-heavy launch could happen as early as January next year.
Us company SpaceX was set to launch its new rocket, the Falcon Heavy
The rocket will go through various tests before it is ready to take off.
Super-heavy rocket will launch in January 2018 with pad 39A at the space centre Kennedy in Florida. The exact date of the rocket launch has not yet been determined.
If the takeoff is successful, the Falcon Heavy almost doubling the rate of lift compared to the previous leader, its power can be compared to 2/3 of the rocket Saturn V. However, Musk previously said publicly that there is a “good chance” that the launch fails and the useful load put into orbit.
The first stage of the Falcon Heavy consists of a Central unit and a pair of side boosters, which is a modernized medium to the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket. On low reference orbit, the carrier is able to display 63,8 tons of cargo. In the first run of the role of the payload will play the electric Tesla Roadster.
In the video, which lasts only a few seconds, shows the rise, the duration of which is actually accounted for more than 10 minutes.
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