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Live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches Viasat-3 F3 satellite

Watch live coverage as a Falcon Heavy rocket launches carrying the Viasat-3 F3 satellite. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC) on Wednesday, April 29. The rocket features two Falcon side boosters and one core booster. The two side …

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch of ViaSat-3 F3 - SECOND ATTEMPT

Launch Window: April 29th from 10:06AM to 11:31AM EDT (14:05-15:31 UTC) Current T0: April 29th at 10:13AM EDT (14:13 UTC) Mission: Falcon Heavy launch of Viasat-3 F3 to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit Launch location: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Earth. Target orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) Center Core: B1098-1 …

ViaSat-3 F3 Mission

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SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)

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Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 85%
B1072 - Landing Zone 2 B1075 - Landing Zone 40 B1098 - Atlantic Ocean

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.

Telemetry

Launch trajectory and telemetry simulations provided by Flight Club - a rocket launch simulator and orbital trajectory visualiser for all things space!

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2026, 8:11 p.m.

Launch success with spacecraft signals acquisition.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2026, 7:12 p.m.

Spacecraft separation.


LL2 • April 29, 2026, 2:14 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


LL2 • April 29, 2026, 2:13 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


hitura-nobad • April 29, 2026, 2:13 p.m.

Liftoff!


Falcon Heavy

Family:
Configuration: 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.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    12.2 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    1400.0 T
  • Thrust
    22819.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon Heavy
  • Family
  • Variant
    Heavy
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon Heavy
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $90000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    63800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    26700.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1072

Status: Active


Type: Strap-On Booster
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 25, 2024
Last Flight: August 30, 2026
Flights: 3
Landings Attempted: 3
Landings Successful: 3
Previous B1072 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 2nd flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.

B1075

Status: Active


Type: Strap-On Booster
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 19, 2023
Last Flight: April 29, 2026
Flights: 22
Landings Attempted: 22
Landings Successful: 22
Previous B1075 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon Heavy side booster B1075 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 22nd flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 40.

B1098


Type: Core
Flight Proven: No
First Flight: April 29, 2026
Last Flight: April 29, 2026
Flights: 1

Landing Information

The Falcon Heavy center core B1098 has been expended.

Core will be expended.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 714 Failures: 15 Pending: 129

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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.

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Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches 6-ton ViaSat-3 F3 satellite on Falcon Heavy rocket

The mission was the 12th launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket to date. The rocket lifted off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC) on Wednesday, April 29.

Space Scout

Falcon Heavy Returns with ViaSat-3 F3

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket made a rare appearance on April 29th, launching the ViaSat-3 F3 spacecraft after an eighteen-month gap in its manifest.

NASASpaceflight

Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy returns, Atlas V and Ariane 6 to launch Amazon Leo satellites

Six launches are expected from Florida, California, and French Guiana this week, with SpaceX scheduled… The post Launch Preview: Falcon Heavy returns, Atlas V and Ariane 6 to launch Amazon Leo satellites appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.…

Spaceflight Now

Live coverage: SpaceX seeks second attempt at Falcon Heavy launch following weather scrub on Monday

The mission will send the ViaSat-3 F3 satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 10:13 a.m. EDT (1413 UTC), at the opening of an 85-minute window.

NASASpaceflight

SpaceX set to launch Falcon Heavy on Monday after 18 month hiatus

After a hiatus of more than a year and a half, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket… The post SpaceX set to launch Falcon Heavy on Monday after 18 month hiatus appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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