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Launch preview: SpaceX seeks second attempt at Falcon Heavy launch following weather scrub on Monday
SpaceX will try again Wednesday to launch its Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, following a last-minute scrub Monday due to poor weather.
The heavy lift rocket will use about 5.1 million pounds of thrust to propel ViaSat-3 F3 to a geosynchronous transfer orbit, the third and final satellite in the ViaSat-3 series.
Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC), at the opening of an 85-minute window. Deployment of the six metric ton spacecraft is anticipated nearly five hours after taking off from Florida’s Space Coast.
“As the spacecraft enters service, I think what you’re going to see is more and more of our airline customers providing free use of airborne WiFi. And with recent updates to the networks and everything, a number of those have enabled free streaming,” said Dave Abrahamian, Viasat’s vice president of Satellite Systems.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off on 1st launch in 18 months
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Falcon Heavy's 12th-ever mission launched lifted off at 10:13 a.m. ET on Wednesday (April 29).
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Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite
April 29 update: Viasat confirmed initial signal acquisition shortly after the satellite separated from the rocket, just under five hours after liftoff.
TAMPA, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched the third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite toward geostationary orbit April 29, putting Viasat on course to finish a constellation more than a decade in the making.
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