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SpaceX Falcon Heavy ViaSat-3 Americas

Apr 30, 2023 07:29 PM Launch Complex 39A • Kennedy Space Center

PLEASE NOTE:

Due to the launch window occurring outside visitor complex operating hours, no viewing will be available for this next launch attempt.

 

MISSION:  

Watch as a Falcon Heavy rocket sends ViaSat-3 Americas to a geostationary orbit, currently set to launch no earlier than (NET) Sunday, April 30. This mission consists of a broadband communications satellite, the first of at least three geostationary satellites for Viasat. This mission will also launch a small communications satellite, Arcturus, for Astranis.

All Falcon boosters for this mission are expendable.

 

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Falcon Heavy Dusk Launch

NET APRIL 30, 2023 | SpaceX Falcon Heavy ViaSat-3 Americas