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Falcon 9 Heavy (F9H) has been renamed to Falcon Heavy. By the time it flies in 2012 Falcon Heavy will have the largest mass to orbit of any launcher in the world.
Falcon Heavy Demo Flight: 2012
Location: Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4-East
Dimensions -
Height: 56.4 meters (180 feet)
Width: 11.5 meters (38 feet)
Depth: 3.6 meters (12 feet)
Fairing: 5.2 x 13.9 meters (17.06 x 45.6 feet)
Engines - (all but Raptor use rocket grade kerosene/LOX)
1st stage: 27 Merlin 1's (9 per core)
2nd stage: 1 MVac (Merlin 1 vacuum, re-startable for multiple satellites)
Future 2nd stage: 1 Raptor hydrogen/LOX (higher performance)
Performance -
Thrust: 15 million Newtons (3.375 million lb/ft)
Mass to LEO: 32,000 kg (70,548 lbs)
Mass to GTO: 19,500 kg (42,990 lbs)
LEO = Low Earth Orbit
GTO = Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Falcon Heavy
Fairing (1/4 section)
Falcon Heavy Demo Flight: 2012
Location: Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4-East
Dimensions -
Height: 56.4 meters (180 feet)
Width: 11.5 meters (38 feet)
Depth: 3.6 meters (12 feet)
Fairing: 5.2 x 13.9 meters (17.06 x 45.6 feet)
Engines - (all but Raptor use rocket grade kerosene/LOX)
1st stage: 27 Merlin 1's (9 per core)
2nd stage: 1 MVac (Merlin 1 vacuum, re-startable for multiple satellites)
Future 2nd stage: 1 Raptor hydrogen/LOX (higher performance)
Performance -
Thrust: 15 million Newtons (3.375 million lb/ft)
Mass to LEO: 32,000 kg (70,548 lbs)
Mass to GTO: 19,500 kg (42,990 lbs)
LEO = Low Earth Orbit
GTO = Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Falcon Heavy
Fairing (1/4 section)