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SpaceX aborted a Falcon Heavy launch attempt for the ViaSat-3 Americas mission at T-minus 59 seconds on 2023-04-28.
SpaceX ultimately launched the ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission on 2023-04-30.
SpaceX scheduled the next launch opportunity for the ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission for 2023-04-29 at 8:26 p.m. Eastern.
The ViaSat-3 Americas Falcon Heavy mission included two rideshare payloads: a communications cubesat from Washington-based Gravity Space and the first broadband satellite built by Astranis of California.
The Falcon Heavy launch carrying ViaSat-3 Americas and Astranis Arcturus from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center was delayed from 2023-04-18 to 2023-04-26 after a static-fire test of the rocket’s three boosters.
Both Viasat and Inmarsat operate communications satellites in geostationary orbit.
The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite is scheduled to launch on 2023-04-18 during an approximately one-hour launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. EDT.
The third ViaSat-3 satellite is undergoing final payload integration and testing at Viasat’s Tempe, Arizona facility and will focus on the Asia Pacific region to complete Viasat’s global service coverage.
The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch vehicle will send the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite to geostationary orbit (GEO) to provide broadband services from an orbital slot at 88.9° west longitude.
The ViaSat-3 Americas satellite will provide broadband services from an orbital slot located at 88.9° west longitude.
Viasat scheduled the ViaSat-3 Americas satellite to launch on 2023-04-18 with an approximately one-hour launch window opening at 7:29 p.m. EDT.
Five Viasat Real-Time Earth sites will be equipped with high-speed connectivity directly to the Azure cloud platform.
Viasat Real-Time Earth is a fully managed ground network that supports GEO, MEO, and LEO satellites using the S-, X-, and Ka-bands.
Viasat provides a global network of Ka-band antennas for remote sensing missions supporting electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, and hyperspectral payloads.
Viasat's Real Time Earth team encountered a customer seeking six to seven gigabits per second data speeds, which data providers could not currently support.
Satellite operators flying electro-optical, synthetic aperture radar, and hyperspectral payloads can access Viasat’s established global network of Ka-band antennas for remote sensing missions.
Five Viasat Real-Time Earth sites will be equipped with high-speed connectivity directly to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
Viasat Real-Time Earth is a fully managed ground network that supports satellites in geosynchronous orbit, medium earth orbit, and low earth orbit using the S-, X-, and Ka-bands.
Viasat debuted its Mercury Free Space Optical Communications terminal during the U.S. Special Operations Command Technical Experimentation event on 2023-03-21 in Avon Park, Florida.