Merlin
FieldedEngine
Merlin family powers the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle; individual engine generations are not separate products here.
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Launch vehicle · Space
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX heavy-lift launch vehicle built around three Falcon booster cores.
by SpaceX · Unveiled 2005
FieldedLaunch vehicleSpaceFirst flightFeb 6, 2018
spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy- Milestones2
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Milestones20052018
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- UnveiledReported
Heavy Falcon 9 configuration revealed and named Falcon 9 Heavy
SpaceX's 8 September 2005 Falcon 9 announcement revealed a heavy configuration with strap-on first-stage boosters, and by 10 October 2005 it was publicly called the Falcon 9 Heavy, the predecessor designation of Falcon Heavy. Year precision only: the first use of the name falls between those two dates.
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Falcon Heavy demonstration launch
The latest 10 milestones. Solid entries are confirmed, outlined reported, dashed estimated or still to come; dotted italic entries are speculative. Dates show only the precision the sources give.
Cost to the Government
- Contract unit priceConfirmed$255M1 unit
NASA Launch Services II task order (Jul 2022) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on a Falcon Heavy: about $255M including launch service and other mission-related costs.
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Unit costs and contract unit prices for this system, and budget figures for the programs that buy it. Each figure states its dollar basis and links its source; contract values are under Programs & awards.