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For reference, Falcon Heavy's max payloads are 63.8T to LEO and 26.7T to GTO, so today's load was quite light. ArabSat would actually have (just) fit in a regu
by jpatokal 8y ago
For reference, Falcon Heavy's max payloads are 63.8T to LEO and 26.7T to GTO, so today's load was quite light. ArabSat would actually have (just) fit in a regular Falcon 9 as well.
- ygra 8y agoThose maximum payloads are in expendable mode, though. SpaceX wants to reduce expendable launches as much as possible. For a reusable FH the numbers are substantially lower and the satellite might not have that much more mass to still fit.