The maiden voyage of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket will happen this November.

  • Elon Musk announces Falcon Heavy launch in November
  • This is the maiden launch for the rocket
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That's the word from SpaceX's founder Elon Musk, via Twitter and Instagram Thursday night.

The Falcon Heavy is expected to be capable of lifting more than double the amount of payload into orbit than SpaceX's Falcon 9. 

The rocket is also expected to go to the moon. SpaceX plans to fly two paying customers to the moon last next year, though there would be no moon landing.

Earlier this month Musk said the first launch of the rocket will be risky -- and there's a good chance it will fail.

The rocket is expected to launch from Kennedy Space Center. No exact date has been set yet.