Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Starship is flying more often and steadily proving its place as the centerpiece of SpaceX’s future. Falcon 9 is busier than ever, setting records almost every month and dominating the global launch market. But there’s one rocket missing from all the action—one that once symbolized SpaceX’s raw power and ambition, yet has been strangely quiet in recent years.
That’s Falcon Heavy. Once introduced as the ultimate heavy-lift vehicle, it has launched only a handful of times and hasn’t been part of the company’s relentless launch streak. This isn’t an oversight. The pattern suggests something deliberate—SpaceX appears to be moving away from Falcon Heavy altogether. Step by step, their focus is shifting to Starship, the rocket built to make even Falcon Heavy look small in comparison.
To follow along as SpaceX reshapes its entire fleet and rewrites the future of rocketry, hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss what comes next.
It has now been almost a full year since Falcon Heavy last lifted off. That previous mission took place in October 2024, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on its journey toward Jupiter’s moon. Since then, Falcon Heavy has not flown once in 2025, leaving only the upcoming Griffin mission on the calendar, which is expected to launch Astrobotic’s lunar lander under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Preparations for that mission are underway, but even so, uncertainty remains over whether Falcon Heavy will actually close the year with a launch. Compared to its peak in 2023, when the rocket managed five successful flights, the current schedule marks a significant slowdown.
Starship is flying more often and steadily proving its place as the centerpiece of SpaceX’s future. Falcon 9 is busier than ever, setting records almost every month and dominating the global launch market. But there’s one rocket missing from all the action—one that once symbolized SpaceX’s raw power and ambition, yet has been strangely quiet in recent years.
That’s Falcon Heavy. Once introduced as the ultimate heavy-lift vehicle, it has launched only a handful of times and hasn’t been part of the company’s relentless launch streak. This isn’t an oversight. The pattern suggests something deliberate—SpaceX appears to be moving away from Falcon Heavy altogether. Step by step, their focus is shifting to Starship, the rocket built to make even Falcon Heavy look small in comparison.
To follow along as SpaceX reshapes its entire fleet and rewrites the future of rocketry, hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss what comes next.
It has now been almost a full year since Falcon Heavy last lifted off. That previous mission took place in October 2024, carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft on its journey toward Jupiter’s moon. Since then, Falcon Heavy has not flown once in 2025, leaving only the upcoming Griffin mission on the calendar, which is expected to launch Astrobotic’s lunar lander under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Preparations for that mission are underway, but even so, uncertainty remains over whether Falcon Heavy will actually close the year with a launch. Compared to its peak in 2023, when the rocket managed five successful flights, the current schedule marks a significant slowdown.
