Falcon Heavy rocket

In news– Recently SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket into a geosynchronous Earth orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S.

About the rocket-

SpaceX claims Falcon Heavy to be the most powerful rocket in the world today by a factor of two.
With a lifting capacity of around 64 metric tonnes into orbit, Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy.
The rocket has a height of 70 m, a width of 12.2 m and a mass of 1,420,788 kg.
It has 27 Merlin engines which together generate more than five million pounds of thrust at lift-off, equalling around eighteen 747 aircraft at full power. This makes it the most capable rocket flying.
The rocket can lift the equivalent of a fully loaded 737 jetliner, complete with passengers, luggage and fuel, to orbit.
Merlin is a family of rocket engines developed by SpaceX for use on its Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles.
Merlin engines use RP-1 and liquid oxygen as rocket propellants in a gas-generator power cycle. These engines were designed for recovery and reuse.
The Falcon Heavy uses three boosters for added thrust and lift capacity.
The centre booster plunged into the ocean as planned and the two side boosters landed on ground pads at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The company hails this as the most powerful operational rocket in the world.
Recent launch is the fourth launch of the giant rocket system, and the first one in nearly three years since its last launch in 2019.

The current mission-

The rocket is carrying satellites to space for the U.S. military in a mission named as U.S. Space Force (USSF)-44.
The mission deployed two spacecraft payloads, one of which is the TETRA 1 microsatellite created for various prototype missions in and around the geosynchronous earth orbit.
The other payload is for national defence purposes. It will place the satellites for the Space Systems Command’s Innovation and Prototyping.
Space Systems Command (SSC) is the oldest military space organisation in the United States Armed Forces.
It is responsible for developing, acquiring, equipping, fielding and sustaining lethal and resilient space capabilities.