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Falcon Heavy thrust will be 5.1M lbf at liftoff -- twice any rocket currently flying. It's a beast...

Falcon Heavy thrust will be 5.1M lbf at liftoff -- twice any rocket currently flying. It's a beast...

F9 thrust at liftoff will be raised to 1.71M lbf later this year. It is capable of 1.9M lbf in flight.

@elonmusk F9 LEO payload on capabilities page (correct figure on main page) should be 22,800 kg

@lukealization No cross feed. It would help performance, but is not needed for these numbers.

@lukealization No cross feed. It would help performance, but is not needed for these numbers.

@lukealization No physical changes to the engine. This thrust increase is based on delta qual tests. It is just tougher than we thought.

@elonmusk Max performance numbers are for expendable launches. Subtract 30% to 40% for reusable booster payload.

@mattyteare Basically current, but higher throttle setting. Good performance of recent launches allows us to reduce 3 sigma reserve margin.

Just posted latest max payload capabilities of Falcon 9 and Heavy https://t.co/Z45Y5V7G91

@dannysparker yes

@phillipcjackson turns out it doesn't need securing

@Mini_Elon yes

@vicentes @gdoehne yes, several times

@vicentes @gdoehne yes, several times

@jbdeck for sure :)

@Tweetermeyer things like this should be purged shortly

@RokBottomGamers 100+ for almost everything 10+ for heat shields and a few other items.

@VivekMGeorge Zuck doesn't (yet) have a deep tech understanding of AI. I spend hours every week being educated by world's best researchers.

@gdoehne JCSat is pushing the envelope as a very hot and fast mission, so will land on the droneship. Next land landing in a few months.