Monday, April 27, 2026

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Pre-launch: ViaSat-3 F3 Communications Satellite

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket Pre-launch: ViaSat-3 F3 Communications Satellite

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at Launch Complex 39A, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.





ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite

SpaceX is now targeting Wednesday, April 29, 2026, for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the ViaSat-3 F3 mission from Florida. The 85-minute window opens at 10:13 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) →Watch here: http://spacex.com/launches/viasat3f3

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket can be seen at Launch Complex 39A, NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida, ahead of the upcoming Viasat-3 F3 Mission. A Falcon Heavy rocket reduces time to orbit by delivering the satellite to a more favorable transfer orbit where this satellite’s electric propulsion will take over to place ViaSat-3 F3 into a geostationary orbit. Following launch, the ViaSat-3 F3 satellite will spend several months traveling to geostationary orbit before arriving at its reserved orbital slot. It will go through rigorous in-orbit testing of both the bus and payload before entering service, expected to occur by late summer 2026. ViaSat-3 satellites are each designed to provide regional coverage with ViaSat-3 F3 expected to cover the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.

One of the side boosters on this mission previously supported SDA-0A, SARah-2, Transporter-11, and 18 Starlink missions, and the second previously supported launch of the GOES-U mission. Following stage separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zones 2 and 40 (LZ-2 and LZ-40) at Cape Canaveral in Florida.


Image Credit: SpaceX
Release Dates: April 27, 2026

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