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Jupiter 3

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CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 2023-108ALaunched 7/29/2023
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Jupiter 3 Mission
Launch Vehicle
Falcon Heavy
Launch Date
7/29/2023
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
GEO
Altitude
35,786 km
Inclination
0.01 deg
Dry Mass
5,817 kg
Total Mass
9,200 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Communications
Payload Category
COM
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Hughes
Manufacturer
Vantor
Constellation
Name
EchoStar GEO fleet
Active Satellites
12
Registry
COSPAR ID
2023-108A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1149
Track
Mentions
152
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JUPITER 3 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

PlanValue 4.5Nov 17, 2023Maxar Successfully Transfers Operations of JUPITER 3 Commercial Satellite to EchoStar

Maxar Space Systems manufactured JUPITER 3 at its Northern California facility in Palo Alto, California.

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Nov 17, 2023
Maxar Successfully Transfers Operations of JUPITER 3 Commercial Satellite to EchoStar

Maxar Space Systems manufactured the JUPITER 3 satellite in its Northern California Palo Alto facility.

CapabilityGrowthValue 3.8Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

JUPITER 3 will join the Hughes JUPITER fleet, which includes two other Maxar-built spacecraft.

PlanRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

Maxar Space Systems handed over operations of the JUPITER 3 satellite to EchoStar on 2023-11-16.

RelationshipsValue 4.2Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

JUPITER 3 includes 14 solar panels that when fully deployed could span the height of a 10-story building.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

JUPITER 3 is the largest commercial communications satellite ever manufactured in Maxar Space Systems’ Palo Alto, California facility.

CapabilityValue 3.5Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

SpaceX launched JUPITER 3 on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

JUPITER 3 is built on the Maxar 1300 platform.

CapabilityValue 4.0Nov 16, 2023Maxar Space Systems Successfully Hands Over the Largest Commercial Satellite Built, JUPITER 3, to EchoStar

Hughes JUPITER 3 is the largest commercial communications satellite ever built and launched in July and will enter service later 2023.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Nov 3, 2023Delta Air Lines selects Hughes in-flight connectivity

The Hughes In-Flight solution is forward-compatible with the Hughes JUPITER 3 ultra-high-density satellite, which launched in July and will enter service later 2023.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Nov 2, 2023Delta Air Lines Selects Hughes for Enhanced In-Flight Connectivity on Regional Aircraft

Hughes Network Systems plans to begin work in mid-2024 to install antennas compatible with its Ka-band geostationary (GEO) network, including the Jupiter-3 satellite expected to enter service by the end of 2024.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 1, 2023Delta swapping out Intelsat Wi-Fi for Hughes on 400 planes

JUPITER 3 will travel into geosynchronous orbit at 22,380 km (35,786 km) above the Earth to the 95 degrees west orbital slot.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite

JUPITER 3, also known as EchoStar XXIV, launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida.

GeneralPlanValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite

JUPITER 3 is an ultra high-density satellite engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite

JUPITER 3 deployed from the launch vehicle and began sending and receiving its first signals on 2023-07-29 at 2:32 a.m. EDT, three hours and twenty-eight minutes after lift-off.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 31, 2023SpaceX Successfully Launches Hughes JUPITER 3 Communications Satellite

JUPITER 3 will join the Hughes JUPITER fleet, which includes four other Maxar-built spacecraft.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jul 30, 2023Maxar’s largest ever satellite, Hughes JUPITER 3, performs well after launch

A Falcon Heavy carrying the Jupiter-3 communications satellite was scheduled to launch 2023-07-26 and successfully lifted off on 2023-07-28 after a two-day delay caused by a technical issue.

PlanGeneralValue 4.2Jul 30, 2023Crew Dragon, Soyuz missions set for launches to ISS

JUPITER 3 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

PlanValue 3.5Jul 30, 2023Maxar’s largest ever satellite, Hughes JUPITER 3, performs well after launch

JUPITER 3 is built on the Maxar 1300 platform.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jul 30, 2023Maxar’s largest ever satellite, Hughes JUPITER 3, performs well after launch