ViaSat-3 Americas & others
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
Weather Forecast During Launch
According to weather officials, there’s a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.
Trajectory
View comprehensive details including the rocket’s trajectory, velocity, altitude, thrust, and more at FlightClub.io.
Mission
ViaSat-3 Americas & others
- Type: Communications
- Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
- Launch Cost: $90,000,000
The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.
Also onboard this mission is Astranis’s first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite.
Location
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 175 rockets, including 174 orbital launch attempts, while Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 233 rocket launches.
Rocket
SpaceX Falcon Heavy
The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.
Landing
Strap-On Booster B1053
Booster B1053 last launched 05/01/2023 and has seen 2 successful launches and landings. Stage Expended
Atlantic Ocean – ATL
Atlantic Ocean
Expended – EXP
Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch
Strap-On Booster B1052
Booster B1052 last launched 05/01/2023 and has seen 7 successful launches and landings. Stage Expended
Atlantic Ocean – ATL
Atlantic Ocean
Expended – EXP
Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch
Core B1068
Booster B1068 last launched 05/01/2023 and has seen 0 successful launches and landings. Falcon Heavy core booster expended on its first flight as part of the ViaSat-3 Americas mission.
Atlantic Ocean – ATL
Atlantic Ocean
Expended – EXP
Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch
Agency
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
