Headed to the Cape yesterday to observe and attempt to photograph the second ever Falcon Heavy Launch, the worlds most powerful rocket with an Arabsat Communications Satellite. It was scheduled to go on Wednesday evening but upper level winds cancelled the launch. We, along with thousands of other, were on the Titusville causeway near the entrance to the Canaveral NWR, which was totally closed for the launch. Launch pad 39 is one of the more northerly pads and we were about 10 miles away from the launch site. Liftoff was 1836 and the countdown went according to plan, perfect.

SPECS; Falcon Heavy is the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb), a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel....first stage is composed of three Falcon 9 nine-engine cores whose 27 Merlin engines together generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, equal to approximately eighteen 747 aircraft. Only the Saturn V moon rocket, last flown in 1973, delivered more payload to orbit.

What was really amazing is the last picture, two of the three boosters from the Falcon Heavy landing back at Cape Canaveral on specified pads (about 13 miles for my position). The center booster landed on its pad further down range....All in all, a beautiful launch and recovery.