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SpaceXFalcon HeavyLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others
Launched
May 1, 2023 · 00:26 UTC
Summary
ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA on May 1, 2023 at 00:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:29 to 00:26 UTC. It was SpaceX's 242nd launch, 29th this year and humanity's 6,433rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Falcon Heavy flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1052 flew for the 8th time and was expended. Booster B1068 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1053 flew for the 3rd time and was expended. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). Viasat-3 Americas, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 34,576 × 34,653 km orbit inclined 0.1°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon Heavy · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1052 · flight 8 · expendable38/42 landed here · 237 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-20 & Varuna-TDM
- B1068 · flight 1 · expendable38/42 landed here
- B1053 · flight 3 · expendable38/42 landed here · about 4 years after its previous flight, STP-2
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)for VSAT
- Milestone
- 6th Falcon Heavy flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 242nd launch29th this yearhumanity's 6,433rd orbital launch attempt65th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Viasat-3 Americas · NORAD 56370 · 2023-060 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-060A
- Epoch
- 2023-05-01 14:09:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.04628736 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009411
- Inclination
- 0.0688°
- Ascending node
- 33.3509°
- Arg. of perigee
- 146.145°
- Mean anomaly
- 30.9749°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 4 still in orbit
- Viasat-3 Americas · NORAD 56370 · in orbit
- Arcturus · NORAD 56371 · in orbit
- G-Space 1 · NORAD 56372 · in orbit
Falcon Heavy-006 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this 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.
Pad
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
160th launch from Launch Complex 39A, 5th this year · 218th from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 30, 8:26 PM EDT, in twilight
224 launches from this pad · 283 from Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
46 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/1/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/1/2023 · source
Weather 95%
Jay · 4/30/2023 · source
Adding T-0 precision
Nosu · 4/30/2023
Targeting the end of the launch window due to ground winds
Jay · 4/30/2023 · source
Weather 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2023 · source
NET April 30
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2023 · source
NET April 30
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2023 · source
Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2023 · source
Questions
When did ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others launch?
ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others launched on May 1, 2023 at 00:26 UTC. The launch window ran from 23:29 to 00:26 UTC.
Where can I watch ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others?
Coverage: ViaSat-3 Americas Mission; ViaSat-3 Americas Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others?
Falcon Heavy, flown by SpaceX. Falcon Heavy spec sheet
Where did ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others launch from?
Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 30, 8:26 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1052 flew for the 8th time and was expended. Booster B1068 flew for the 1st time and was expended. Booster B1053 flew for the 3rd time and was expended.
What orbit did ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others reach?
Viasat-3 Americas, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 34,576 × 34,653 km orbit inclined 0.1°.
How many satellites did ViaSat-3 F1 (ViaSat-3 Americas) & others launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).