SpaceX’s Rocket Has Now Flown Farther Than 25,000 Kilometers!

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SpaceX launched the largest rocket in its inventory earlier today as the Falcon Heavy successfully lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Today's launch came after the rocket aborted its first launch attempt on Friday, as its internal computers canceled the launch less than a minute before liftoff. The Falcon Heavy launched three satellites today. Its primary payload was a ViaSat 3 satellite, the first of three satellites designed to fly in geostationary orbit. The mission marked SpaceX's 227th overall launch and 28th launch of the year. It was also another mission that saw the firm target higher orbits, with the destination of the Falcon Heavy marking a rare occasion that SpaceX did not land any of the rocket's three boosters.

Today's mission marked a series of firsts for SpaceX. For starters, it was the first time all three of the Falcon Heavy's boosters were expendable, meaning SpaceX did not attempt to recover them after liftoff. Previously, two of the rocket's six launches so far have used an expendable booster - with both missions being for the Space Force. The decision to fly in an expendable configuration results from higher target orbits for the satellites on board, with today's ViaSat 3 satellite destined for a geostationary orbit.

Apart from the ViaSat 3, two other satellites were also onboard the Falcon Heavy, with one of these being a spacecraft for the San Francisco based startup Astranis. The payload of the Falcon Heavy, ViaSat's satellite, will enable the Astranis satellite to reach its destination earlier than it would have had it launched on board the