SpaceX / Melissa Heilman
Another SpaceX update... Progress continues to be made at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where SpaceX is converting the pad that was once used for the Titan IV rocket into the future West Coast launch site for Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Falcon Heavy, up until last September (when NASA revealed the design for its Space Launch System heavy-lift vehicle), was supposed to be the most powerful rocket in the world.
SpaceX is aiming for late 2012 to transport Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg for vehicle-to-pad integration tests, while 2013 is still the target year for the rocket’s maiden flight from the California coastline.
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