Launch Details

Space launch mission information

Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 Americas & others

Launch Successful

825 days ago • 4/30/2023, 11:29:00 PM

Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 Americas & others

Rocket

Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Launch Probability

95%

Mission Description

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.

Launch Videos

ViaSat-3 Americas Mission

ViaSat-3 Americas Mission

ViaSat-3 Americas Mission

ViaSat-3 Americas Mission

ViaSat-3 Americas Mission

Mission Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

5/1/2023, 5:34:06 AM

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin

5/1/2023, 12:26:51 AM

Liftoff.

LL2

5/1/2023, 12:09:41 AM

Livestream has started

Jay

4/30/2023, 11:47:22 PM

Weather 95%

Nosu

4/30/2023, 11:26:52 PM

Adding T-0 precision

Jay

4/30/2023, 9:17:45 PM

Targeting the end of the launch window due to ground winds

Cosmic_Penguin

4/29/2023, 4:47:08 AM

Weather 80% GO.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/29/2023, 4:38:30 AM

NET April 30

Cosmic_Penguin

4/29/2023, 4:38:20 AM

NET April 30

Cosmic_Penguin

4/29/2023, 12:33:46 AM

Scrubbed for the day.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/29/2023, 12:25:42 AM

Hold.

LL2

4/29/2023, 12:06:16 AM

Livestream has started

Cosmic_Penguin

4/28/2023, 10:33:11 PM

New T-0

Cosmic_Penguin

4/28/2023, 9:40:26 PM

Weather 50-70% GO.

Jay

4/28/2023, 1:56:34 PM

Setting GO

Jay

4/27/2023, 11:04:51 PM

Standing down from today's attempt due to weather

Jay

4/27/2023, 10:26:52 PM

Targeting the end of the launch window as teams continue to monitor weather conditions

Cosmic_Penguin

4/27/2023, 2:58:05 PM

Weather 20% GO.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/26/2023, 3:39:28 PM

24 hours delay for more data reviews.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/26/2023, 11:58:47 AM

Updated launch window, added live stream.

Nosu

4/25/2023, 6:58:54 PM

Weather 60%

Cosmic_Penguin

4/25/2023, 3:08:36 PM

GO for launch.

Jay

4/24/2023, 5:05:15 PM

Weather 40%

Cosmic_Penguin

4/24/2023, 4:04:41 AM

Weather 30% GO.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/17/2023, 4:37:54 PM

NET April 26.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/16/2023, 6:07:42 AM

Refined launch window.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/14/2023, 11:53:52 PM

Slip to NET April 24

Cosmic_Penguin

4/13/2023, 4:51:01 PM

GO for launch.

Cosmic_Penguin

4/11/2023, 4:04:21 AM

Added launch window.

Nosu

3/28/2023, 3:30:25 PM

Updating T-0

Cosmic_Penguin

3/25/2023, 5:24:07 PM

Added back launch window for April 18.

Nosu

3/25/2023, 9:53:29 AM

Delayed to NET April 18

Cosmic_Penguin

2/17/2023, 3:46:04 AM

Added launch time

Jay

2/7/2023, 9:52:43 PM

NET week of April 8th

Cosmic_Penguin

1/25/2023, 6:56:52 AM

NET March 24

Cosmic_Penguin

11/8/2022, 3:59:04 PM

NET early January 2023

Nosu

8/10/2022, 9:01:27 AM

Targeting Q4 2022

Jay

2/4/2022, 5:05:17 PM

Launch delayed due to payload readiness issues.

Launch Details

Launch Window

4/30/2023, 11:29:00 PM

to 5/1/2023, 12:26:00 AM

Rocket Details

Falcon Heavy

Family: Falcon

Variant: Heavy

Launch Facility

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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