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Launched 2023-05-01 00:26 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Orbit
Worldwide
65th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
29th
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
5th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
46 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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.
Launches
742
Successful
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98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Weather 95%
Jay
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Adding T-0 precision
Nosu
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Targeting the end of the launch window due to ground winds
Jay
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Weather 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April 30
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April 30
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 50-70% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Setting GO
Jay
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Standing down from today's attempt due to weather
Jay
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Targeting the end of the launch window as teams continue to monitor weather conditions
Jay
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Weather 20% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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24 hours delay for more data reviews.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch window, added live stream.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 60%
Nosu
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 40%
Jay
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Weather 30% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April 26.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Slip to NET April 24
Cosmic_Penguin
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updating T-0
Nosu
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Added back launch window for April 18.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to NET April 18
Nosu
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Added launch time
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET week of April 8th
Jay
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NET March 24
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET early January 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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Targeting Q4 2022
Nosu
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Launch delayed due to payload readiness issues.
Jay
Height
70m
Diameter
12.2m
To low Earth orbit
63,800kg
Liftoff thrust
22,819kN
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