SpaceX’s Starman Roadster Completes First Orbit around Sun

Falcon Heavy took off with the Tesla Roadster and Starman to send it to the journey of the space. It’s been approximately 557 days since the launch and Starman with his Tesla Roadster have completed the first orbit around the sun. SpaceX did the test flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket and deployed the payload of Tesla Roadster electric car in the space, with dummy Starman as the sole passenger in the driver’s seat. Both the vehicle and passenger has complete the orbit around the sun, which is nearly 762 million miles of travel in 557 days.

Tesla and SpaceX are sharing the real-time data of the Roadster and Starman on the online portal. According to the portal, the Roadster and Starman duo has completed the orbit around the sun for 1.004 times at the time of writing this news. Currently, the speed of Vehicle in the space is 1,521 km/h or 0.42 km/s. Also, the distance between the earth and the Roadster is roughly 298,588,196 km or 1.996 AU ( Astronomical Units ). According to the data, Tesla Roadster has travelled nearly 762 million miles and has exceeded the warranty period, which lasts till first 30,000 miles.

The Portal maintained by a third-party with data taken from SpaceX and Tesla shares some wonderful insights about the Roadster Electric Vehicle. According to the portal, the vehicles have achieved the fuel economy of 2,576.6 km per litre or 0.03881 liters/100 km, assuming it has consumed 126,000 gallons of fuel for the entire trip. Although the roadster and starman never served any purpose except being the dummy subject for the Falcon Heavy test flight, they’ve now become the sensation. On October 7th 2020, the Roadster and Starman will flyby Mars with distance as close as 4.6 million miles.