SpaceX breaks ground at Vandenberg Air Force Base, continue to prepare for 2013 Falcon heavy start

At the end of the space shuttle program U.S. you have below? It along with plans for its bodacious Falcon doesn't seem to SpaceX, so have still drum chipper and chugging right is heavy. The company broke baby call home recently in the complex 4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, which Elon Musk, milled later next year. With heavy, double large payload orbit capacity of Boeing and Lockheed's Delta IV to one-third of the costs, the company hopes that a new era of affordable $100 million launches its latest will launch. If all according to plan, the 22-story behemoth his first start in the year 2013, so that it gonna - have we gesagt-- the most powerful U.S. missile raced since Saturn V of the Apollo spacecraft in moon. Budget-friendly, rocket expected boostin' PR after the break. Show full PR text

SpaceX breaks ground on launch site for Falcon-heavy

The world's most powerful rocket

Vandenberg Air Force Base, California - SpaceX (the space exploration technologies) has today a further important step in the direction of the first launch of Falcon heavy. This will be the world's most powerful rocket, with more than twice the payload in orbit capacity of the space shuttle, but only one-third of the cost of the Boeing/Lockheed Delta IV heavy. The Falcon be the first heavy rocket, to the $1000 per pound ever-in - orbit-barrier, less than one-tenth as much as that to break shuttle is.

SpaceX CEO and Chief rocket designer Elon Musk joined by California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, 30th space Wing Commander Colonel Richard W. Boltz and the Lompoc Mayor John Linn break ground on a new launch site for Falcon heavy space launch complex 4 East at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Falcon heavy, along with SpaceX Falcon 9, is a medium-lift offers the start ability the next generation of the US air force, NASA and the commercial satellite companies to revolutionary cost. With a Vandenberg launch site and the world's largest rocket be SpaceX for full range of U.S. Government business compete provided that competition is allowed. United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed, currently has a sole-source monopoly contract for U.S. Defense Department business.

"These are the difficult fiscal times for our Federal Government and the Falcon vehicles to the Ministry of defence almost $2 billion a year in costs, save while at the same time, the reliability and the ability to start", musk said. "This is to avoid a great opportunity for the DoD, cancel other programs and reduction of the staff than households minimize contract."

Falcon heavy is to arrive at Vandenberg by end of 2012, and its first flight following soon after. It will be the most powerful rocket in the world since the Saturn V, which the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon in life launched. SpaceX launch vehicle has 3.8 million pounds thrust of his 27 engines equivalent to fifteen Supremo at full power.

The first flight from SLC-4E (previously known as PALC2-4-point Arguello complex start) was 14 August 1964, when a National Reconnaissance Office KH-7 satellite on an Atlas-Agena D. start to start the last vehicle to from this website, a Titan-IV with NGOs was B-26 payload on 19 Oct 2005.

Vandenberg AFB was the proving ground for U.S. Defense vehicles for more than half a century, from the critical missile tests, which helped to win the cold war to powerful launchers such as the above Titan. The Falcon family of launchers will continue this rich tradition, with its diverse functions for the NGOs and other agencies Department of Defense, NASA and other civil customers, as well as commercial clients.


About SpaceX

SpaceX is a leading American space transport company to advancing the frontiers of space technology by Falcon launchers and Dragon spacecraft. With the departure of the NASA space shuttle program begins the Falcon 9/Dragon system providing charge and in a few years, astronauts aboard the international space station.