--- title: SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch in Two Minutes description: Elon Musk successfully launched what it called the world's most powerful operational rocket into space Tuesday canonical: https://time.com/5136743/falcon-heavy-launch-video-spacex/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-07T02:35:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:10:46.808Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch in 2 Minutes og:description: Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched its powerful new rocket og:url: https://time.com/5136743/falcon-heavy-launch-video-spacex/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb5bd54d2273362e/6988fadcfb4eac4176895972/gettyimages-915068780.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: SpaceX To Launch First Heavy Lift Rocket In Demonstration Mission og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch in 2 Minutes twitter:description: Elon Musk's SpaceX successfully launched its powerful new rocket twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb5bd54d2273362e/6988fadcfb4eac4176895972/gettyimages-915068780.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Launch in Two Minutes > Sponsored content. 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Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Feb 7, 2018 2:35 AM UTC Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully [launched](http://time.com/5136400/spacex-elon-musk-tesla-space/) what it called the world’s most powerful operational rocket into space Tuesday. The maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy will [deliver its payload](http://time.com/5136583/spacex-tesla-car-space-livestream-video-elon-musk/) — Musk’s cherry-red Tesla Roadster, driven by a mannequin in a SpaceX suit — into an Earth-Mars elliptical orbit. The mammoth rocket, which has 27 engines, is the most powerful, non-government vehicle sent to space, marking a turning point in private companies’ space ambitions. “We want a new space race,” Musk[ told the New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/science/falcon-heavy-spacex-launch.html). “Races are exciting.” It was considered a risky test. Before the Falcon Heavy’s takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Musk had tried to keep expectations low, [telling Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-05/musk-sets-low-bar-for-spacex-launch-as-no-blowup-seen-as-success) he would consider the test mission a success if the rocket did not blow up. Musk said that if the Falcon Heavy test went well, SpaceX would plan to fly its first mission for a paying satellite operator in three to six months. The pioneering firm has also publicly stated ambitions to take tourists on space missions. SpaceX [initially planned](https://www.space.com/35844-elon-musk-spacex-announcement-today.html) to take two passengers on a private voyage around the moon, using the Falcon Heavy rocket. 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