Falcon Heavy
This mission has flown
April 29, 2026
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.
Rocket
Falcon Heavy
Mission type
Communications
Payload
ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)
Launch complex
Launch Complex 39A · Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Launch date
April 29, 2026
Launch window
10:13 AM – 11:38 AM ET
Orbit reached
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Core
B1098
Flight 1 · first flight
Expended — no landing attempt
Strap-On Booster
B1075
Flight 22 · flight-proven
Landing zone Landing Zone 40 — outcome not recorded
Strap-On Booster
B1072
Flight 2 · flight-proven
Landing zone Landing Zone 2 — outcome not recorded
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Pad bearing: 356° N · 13.9 mi
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Launch News
SpaceX successfully launched its Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Cape Canaveral at 7:04 a.m. EDT on October 20, carrying 32 payloads aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. First-stage booster B1085 completed its 19th flight and landed on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
NASA
SpaceX successfully launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral at 6:33 a.m. EDT on October 13. Cargo Dragon is carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science experiments, station supplies, and solar array hardware, with docking planned for Thursday.
Launch News
SpaceX is targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT Tuesday for the launch of NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission from Cape Canaveral. Dragon will deliver new health research, station supplies, and solar array hardware to the International Space Station.
