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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch has been pushed to next year
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket has been gearing up for its inaugural launch for quite some time, but multiple delays keep pushing that event later and later. The SpaceX team had most recently been shooting for a launch before the end of this year, but according to reports from Aviation Week and confirmed to us by SpaceX, Falcon Heavy probably won't see a launch before next year.
SpaceX hopes to fly again by November, delays Falcon Heavy
On September 1st, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (and a Facebook satellite) unexpectedly exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. The company doesn't yet know what caused it, but it's not letting the setback get them down. Today, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell said the company hopes to return to flight in November. "We're anticipating getting back to flight, being down for about three months," Shotwell said, speaking at a conference in Paris. "November time-frame."
