In orbitRocket body

FALCON HEAVY R/B

NORAD: 54221
COSPAR: 2022-144C

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Spacecraft

Built by: SpaceX
Owner: SpaceX
Platform (bus): F9St2
Mass at launch: 4,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Dry mass: 4,000 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 12.6 m
Diameter: 3.6 m
Span with arrays and booms: 12.6 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S54221, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2022-11-01
Rocket: Falcon Heavy
Flight: USSF-44
Mission name: LDPE-2
Launch site: NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, LC39A
Launched by: SpaceX
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2022-144

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2022-144, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: US
Launch date: 2022-11-01
Period: 1467.8 min
Inclination: 6.32°
Apogee: 36,648 km
Perigee: 36,161 km

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Catalogued pieces that came from it: 2

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 1 still in orbit
Payload16 in total, 16 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit