Beat the Market With Our Free Pre-Market Newsletter Enter your email to get Benzinga's ultimate morning update: The PreMarket Activity Newsletter Comments — SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 6, 2025 Why It Matters: According to a third-party Tesla Roadster tracking website, the vehicle is located 240,181,749 miles from Earth at the time of writing. The roadster is positioned 293,433,925 miles from Mars and 151,120,687 miles from the Sun, as per the website. Falcon Heavy’s engines generate more than 5 million pounds of thrust at liftoff equal to about eighteen 747 aircraft at full power, according to SpaceX. The vehicle can lift nearly 64 metric tons to low earth orbit as compared to SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket which can carry only 23 metric tons. Musk has previously dubbed the Falcon Heavy rocket as “scary.” "I love that rocket, but it’s scary. So many state changes post liftoff," Musk said in April 2023. The vehicle has completed 11 missions to date including 2 launches in 2024. Check out more of Benzinga’s Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link. Read Next: