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====Falcon Heavy reusability====
The [[Falcon Heavy test flight]] had no contracted customer, and in order to limit the cost on such a flight, SpaceX targeted to have reused side-boosters. Boosters B1023 and B1025 that had been flown as a Falcon 9 configuration, were reconfigured and used as side boosters on the first flight of Falcon Heavy in February 2018, and then both landed side-by-side at almost the same time on the ground pads. Later Falcon Heavy flights used either new boosters, or side-boosters previously flown on a Falcon Heavy. SpaceX has been unable to recover the central core in any of the first three Falcon Heavy flights, but managed to recover all six side boosters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18743998/spacex-falcon-heavy-center-core-crash|title=SpaceX loses Falcon Heavy's center core in an otherwise successful launch|date=June 25, 2019|access-date=May 29, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208115526/https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/25/18743998/spacex-falcon-heavy-center-core-crash|url-status=live}}</ref>
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