SpaceX - Falcon Heavy / ViaSat-3 Americas patch.
April 30, 2023
Falcon Heavy carrying ViaSat-3 Americas liftoff
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the ViaSat-3 Americas mission to geostationary Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 1 May 2023, at 00:26 UTC (30 April, at 20:26 EDT).
Falcon Heavy launches ViaSat-3 Americas
As secondary payload, Falcon Heavy launched Astranis’s first MicroGEO satellite and Gravity Space’s GS-1 satellite. One side booster (B1052) previously supported Arabsat-6A, STP-2,
COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, KPLO, and three Starlink missions.
The other side booster (B1053) previously supported the Arabsat-6A and
STP-2 missions. The core booster (B1068) was not previously launched.
Due to mission requirements, none of the boosters were planned to be
recovered.
ViaSat-3 is satellite reimagined
ViaSat-3 Americas satellite
Meet ViaSat-3, a next-generation constellation of three ultra-high-capacity, Ka-band satellites expected to increase our global coverage and network capacity to bring affordable, high-quality connectivity where, when, and how it's needed most. When fully operational, the network is expected to enable billions — in homes and businesses, on planes and at sea, and in communities that were once off the grid — to connect with the people and information they need.
Related links:
ViaSat: https://www.viasat.com/
SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Credits: Boeing/Viasat/SpaceX/SciNews/Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.
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