CONTEXT:

• SpaceX carried out its first commercial launch with its Falcon Heavy rocket which took a Saudi satellite in orbit.
• The launch took place in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA.
• The rocket carried a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat.
• Elon Musk is the founder of SpaceX.

BACKGROUND 

• Falcon Heavy is a partially reusableheavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX.
• It is derived from theFalcon 9 vehicle and consists of a strengthened Falcon 9 first stage as a central core with two additional first stages as strap-on boosters.
• Falcon Heavy has the highest payload capacity of any currently operational launch vehicle, and the third-highest capacity of any rocket ever to reach orbit, trailing the American Saturn V and the Soviet Energia.